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October 20, 1969" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at
the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. MONDAY--
October 20, 1969
Excerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Minority Leader, U.S. House
of Representatives, at a Republican Dinner Monday evening, October 20, 1969
at Lebanon, Pa.
The 1970 campaign is on.
In the words of an outstanding newspaper columnist, the liberal Democrats
have plunged headlong into an exercise which he labels, "The Breaking of the
President." I can tell them right now, he won't break.
In the words of National Democratic Chairman Fred Harris, "It is time we
(Democrats) took the gloves off on Vietnam." With those words, he made a partisan
issue of the Vietnam War. If they want it that way, let's get the RECORD straight.
The campaign is on, and the liberal Democrats are employing tactics which
demonstrate an amazing disregard for the facts, for cause and effect, for blame
and results, in short for history.
Let me ask you here tonight, and in fact let me pose this question to the
Nation: Did you want a continuation of what was happening in this country and to
this country in 1968?
The answer given by the people of this country at the polls last November
was clearly "no." And it is equally clear that President Nixon has moved to
change what was happening in this country - and it is changing.
When he became President, Dick Nixon began grappling with problems that
had accumulated for eight years under Democratic administrations principally
under the immediate precedent administration. Deep involvement in a jungle war
halfway around the world. Escalating inflation, price rises that had built up
during nearly four years of inflationary pressure. A crime rate which had climbed
nearly 10 times as fast as the Nation's population. Cities being put to the
torch by black militants. Taxpayers at the point of revolt.
The liberal Democrats would have you believe that President Nixon has done
nothing, that nothing has changed in the country since he took office. But the
facts show otherwise.
Dick Nixon has cooled it. In both foreign and domestic affairs, the
fires have been dampened down.
In Vietnam, Dick Nixon is the first President in eight years to be taking
troops out instead of putting more troops in, and American fatalities have dropped
to the lowest point in three years.
(more)
LIBRAR,
-2-
Again, in world affairs, Dick Nixon has inaugurated a new foreign policy
based on a "do-it-yourself doctrine" for Southeast Asia, a pledge of No More
Vietnams, and an innovative policy elsewhere in the world attuned to the concept
that all countries, including Communist nations, are responsive to their own
nationalistic concerns.
Domestically, President Nixon has succeeded in getting people to lower their
voices...and their arms, too.
Again in quest of domestic tranquillity, Dick Nixon has launched a strong
crackdown against organized crime and is seeking enactment by the Congress of more
major anti-crime legislation. He has sent Congress a detailed program dealing
with organized crime and reorganization of the courts. He has made the fight
against crime one of his central concerns. The Nixon Administration recognizes,
as do all of you, that the first civil right of every American -- black or white --
is the right to protection against crime and violence.
Dick Nixon has greatly expanded and improved the Nation's manpower training
programs and has made them a part of his proposal to give the country Workfare
instead of Welfare. He is building a better America on the solid American ethic
of working for a living. He knows that a man never stands so tall as when he
stands on his own two feet. Dick Nixon's way is a hand up instead of a handout.
That's the American way. That's the only way to bridge the gap between the Haves
and the Have-Nots in America.
The Nixon Administration's policies are taking hold of inflation. This is
shown by the economic indicators. What a rotten tactic it is for liberal Democrats
to point with alarm at the latest unemployment figures! They know full well it is
Democratic inflation that is forcing the Nixon administration to cool off the
economy.
We are on the edge of tax reform and tax relief because the Nixon
Administration has made it possible.
I really don't think the liberal Democrats would want to go back to the
days of LBJ, if they were to tell the truth.
We now have order in this country, because President Nixon has brought order
to the Presidency. The days of government by crisis have been replaced by crisis
prevention.
But the greatest problem remains. Vietnam remains.
We are winding down the war; we are Vietnamizing it while seeking a negotiated
settlement. And despite what the cut-and-run boys say, the biggest obstacles to
peace lie not in Saigon but in Hanoi. I wish the cut-and-run boys and the American
radicals who want the Communists to take over South Vietnam would get Hanoi to
negotiate in a meaningful way at Paris.
I hope that all Americans, Democrats and Republicans alike, will join ranks
behind our President and help him achieve peace with honor in Vietnam.
###
1969
GOP
CAMPAIGN DINNER
October 20
2
Eagles Auditorium, North Eighth St., Lebanon, Pa.
Masonic Hall, North Eighth St., Lebanon, Pa.
GERALD LIMITED E FORD
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ISAAC M. LONG, Chairman
EDITH M. GRUMBINE, Vice Chairman
RUSSELL K. LIGHT, Secretary
WALTER A. SWANGER, Treasurer
Franklin E. Blouch
Ray M. Bollinger
Daniel E. Long, Jr.
Josephine M. Wise
Earl A. Brubaker
Carlos F. Luciotti
Doris K. Seltzer
Benjamin K. Chase
Clarence F. Manbeck
Ruth S. Baldwin
Harry W. Fisher
Harvey L. Nitrauer
Nicholas Zeck
Claude E. Hartman
Harold W. Risser, Jr.
Robert P. Enck
W. Lawrence Hess
Robert C. Rowe
David R. Heilman
George W. Jackson
Robert B. Schaeffer
James H. Connor
John F. Kirby, Jr.
H. Jack Seltzer
Elias W. Smith
J. Hayden Kurtz
James R. Whitman
R. Hart Beaver
Alvin B. Lewis, Jr.
John L. Worrilow
Walter R. Light
REGISTRATION COMMITTEE
I. M. LONG, Chairman
LARRY J. FEES
LEE S. MOYER
HENRY W. ZUG
Franklin E. Blouch
Ruth S. Baldwin
David R. Heilman
Josephine M. Wise
Nicholas Zeck
James H. Connor
Doris K. Seltzer
Robert P. Enck
Elias W. Smith
SUPPORT YOUR CANDIDATES
THOMAS W. POMEROY, JR.
Judge of the Supreme Court
L. E. MEYER
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
CLAUDE E. HARTMAN
Sheriff
HAROLD W. RISSER, JR.
Register of Wills
GEORGE E. CHRISTIANSON
District Attorney
LUTHER M. SWANGER
Jury Commissioner
JACK M. BRIGHTBILL
City Councilman
WALTER A. SWANGER
City Councilman
WARREN G. HOOPES, JR.
School Director-City of Lebanon
MARK M. MILLER
School Director-City of Lebanon
MARTIN SCHNEIDER
School Director-City of Lebanon
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
DINNER MENU
PROGRAM
EAGLES AUDITORIUM AND
MASONIC HALL
Fruit Cup
Celery-Carrots
and Olives
THE HON. H. JACK SELTZER, Master of Ceremonies
EAGLES AUDITORIUM
INVOCATION, REV. DR. PRICE M. COLLINS
EAGLES AUDITORIUM
ROAST TURKEY
DANIEL E. LONG, JR. Master of Ceremonies MASONIC HALL
INVOCATION, REV. ROBERT R. LEE
MASONIC HALL
Potato Filling
Gravy
DINNER
IMMEDIATELY AFTER DINNER THOSE IN MASONIC HALL MOVE
TO BALCONY OF EAGLES AUDITORIUM
Peas
PRAYER
Rev. Father George W. Rost
PLEDGE TO FLAG
Led by W. Nevin Hess
Pepper Cabbage
Soft Rolls
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
Led by Mrs. Harvey S. Schell
INTRODUCTIONS
ICE CREAM AND APPLE PIE
The Honorable H. Jack Seltzer, Master of Ceremonies
I.M. Long, County Chairman
INTRODUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Coffee
Mints
The Honorable Edwin D. Eshleman
ADDRESS
The Honorable Gerald R. Ford
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Led by Mrs. Harvey S. Schell
BENEDICTION
Rabbi Dr. David Rubin
Catered by
THE LEBANON COUNTY SOCIETY OF FARM WOMEN
Dinner Music by Mr. Larry Fenner at the Organ
GERALD R. FORD
1933. Was named Michigan's most valuable player in 1934. Graduated from
the University of Michigan with a B.A. degree in 1935, a member of Michi-
gamua, top senior honor. Was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws by Michigan State University, and by Albion, Aquinas, and Spring
Arbor Colleges in 1965 and by Buena Vista College and Grove City College
in 1968. Was also awarded the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence by Parsons
College in 1966 and the degree of Doctor of Public Administration by the
American International College in 1968.
On January 1, 1935, participated in the Shrine East-West Crippled Chil-
dren's benefit football game at San Francisco. In August of that same year,
played in the All-Star game in Chicago against the Chicago Bears. In 1959
was selected by "Sports Illustrated" to receive its "Silver Anniversary All-
American Award" as one of the 25 football players of 25 years prior who
had contributed the most to their fellow citizens in the quarter century.
Received law degree from Yale University Law School in 1941. As law
student at Yale, was assistant varsity football coach. Was admitted to the
Michigan State Bar in 1941 and has been admitted to practice before the
United States Supreme Court.
In 1942 he entered the U.S. Navy, served 47 months on active duty in
World War II. Served aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Monterey (CVL-26)
for two years. Participated in the 3rd and 5th fleet carrier operations. Fol-
lowing shore duty with the Naval Aviation Training Program, was released
to inactive duty in January of 1946 with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
Returning to Grand Rapids, resumed the practice of law, and in 1948
received the Grand Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished
Service Award for participation in various community projects. In 1949 was
selected by U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce as one of "America's Ten
Outstanding Young Men" and received its Distinguished Service Award.
Holds active membership in the American Legion, VFW, and AMVETS.
Member of Congress since January 3, 1949. Was elected Minority Leader
Is a 33rd Degree Mason. Is a member of Grace Episcopal Church, Grand
of the House of Representatives at the opening of the 89th Congress on
Rapids.
January 4, 1965. Has delivered nearly 200 speeches a year throughout the
On October 15, 1948, married Elizabeth Bloomer of Grand Rapids. The
country since becoming minority leader. Served as Permanent Chairman of
Fords have four children: Michael Gerald (March 15, 1950), John Gardner
the 1968 Republican National Convention. During the 88th Congress (1963-
(March 16, 1952), Steven Meigs (May 19, 1956), and Susan Elizabeth,
64) was Chairman of the Republican Conference of the House. Before be-
born July 6, 1957.
coming Minority Leader, served on the House Appropriations Committee
Gerald Ford defeated the incumbent in the 1948 primary and won the
as senior Republican on the Defense Subcommittee and a member of the
November election to become the Representative in the 81st Congress from
Foreign Operations Subcommittee. Has been a member of the House Re-
the Fifth District of Michigan, until 1965 composed of Kent and Ottawa
publican Policy Committee for eight years and has served as a member of
Counties. In 1965, Ionia County replaced Ottawa County in the Fifth Con-
The Republican Leadership of the Congress since January, 1963. In Novem-
gressional District.
ber 1963 was appointed to the Warren Commission by President Johnson.
During his first term, served on the House Public Works Committee. In
Is the author (with John R. Stiles) of the book, "Portrait of the Assassin"
1951, was assigned to the Appropriations Committee where he served on the
(1965).
Army Civil Functions Subcommittee and the Emergency Agency Subcom-
Was called a "Congressman's Congressman" by the American Political
mittee. During the 83rd and 84th Congresses Ford was a member of the
Science Association in September 1961 when the Association conferred on
Subcommittees on Foreign Operations and the Department of Defense and
him its "Distinguished Congressional Service Award" for outstanding work
was on the Army panel, serving as Chairman of the panel in the 83rd Con-
in the Congress. In May 1966 was given the "George Washington Award"
gress. In the 85th, 86th, 87th, and 88th Congresses Ford remained a mem-
by the American Good Government Society.
ber of both subcommittees (Defense, Foreign Operations). During the 85th
Known to his friends as "Jerry." Was born July 14, 1913, at Omaha, Neb.,
Congress he was appointed to the Select Committee on Astronautics and
but spent his childhood in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he was graduated
Space Exploration.
from South High School and won all-city and all-state football honors.
Rep. Ford has maintained an attendance record of 90.9 percent during
Won three varsity football letters at the University of Michigan. A mem-
20 years in office (1949-1968) missing only 486 roll calls out of a total of
ber of Michigan's undefeated national championship teams in 1932 and
5,346.
FORD VIDRARY
Dinner Committee
MARION A. WEIANT,
WILFRED C. DUNSTAN
ATTY. ALVIN B. LEWIS, SR.
BENJAMIN K. CHASE,
Corresponding Secretary
LORRAINE S. EBLING
ATTY. ALVIN B. LEWIS, JR.
Chairman
ELLEN S. LIGHT,
SEN. THOMAS EHRGOOD
MERVIN P. LIGHT
GEORGE W. JACKSON,
Treasurer
THOMAS I. EICEMAN
RUSSELL K. LIGHT
Co-Chairman
ROBERT P. ENCK
WALTER R. LIGHT
Republican Finance Committee
CORWIN C. H. ERDMAN
RUTH E. LOHSE
MRS. HILDA G. FLICK
CHRISTIAN A. FRICK
R. HART BEAVER, Chairman
S. D. EVANS
ATTY. DANIEL E. LONG, JR.
HARRY W. FISHER
I. M. LONG
MRS. EDITH M. GRUMBINE
EMMA W. HAAK, Co-Chairman
JOHN K. FLECK
THOMAS P. LOOSE
MISS LINDA L. LIGHT
JOHN F. KIRBY, JR.,
CYRUS J. FORNEY
TAMAH LOSER
MISS RUTH E. LOHSE
Co-Chairman
ELMER H. FRANKHOUSER
CARLOS LUCIOTTI
DANIEL E. LONG, JR.
JOHN L. WORRILOW,
LESTER P. FRANTZ
SEN. CLARENCE F. MANBECK
G. GARMAN SHEFFEY
Co-Chairman
CHRISTIAN A. FRICK
HENRY MARK
MISS COLLEEN M. WAGNER
JAMES H. CONNOR,
ROBERT GROOVER
ROY J. McMINDES
Vice Chairman
RALPH E. GROSS
CHARLES B. MEISER
EDITH M. GRUMBINE
JOSEPH F. MESICS
Lincoln Republican Club
W. LAWRENCE HESS, Treasurer
STANLEY F. HARKINS
WILLARD J. MEYER
Officers
JANET M. ALBRIGHT
CLAUDE E. HARTMAN
CHARLES S. MOCK
RAY M. BOLLINGER
JAMES R. WHITMAN, President
WILLIAM A. HEATH
LEE S. MOYER
HILDA G. FLICK
ROBERT J. EBY, Vice President
DAVID R. HEILMAN
DAVID B. MYERS
LINDA L. LIGHT
ALLEN U. HERR, Secretary
ALLEN U. HERR
LYNN NELSON
ROBERT B. SCHAEFFER
MARY S. HERR
ROBERT NICHOLS
G. GARMAN SHEFFEY, Treasurer
WALTER A. SWANGER
WALTER W. HESS
REP. HARVEY L. NITRAUER
HERBERT DEGLER, Director
Coordinators
GEORGE H. HEVERLING, JR.
ROBERT A. NOLL
WILLIAM M. KEATH, Director
HENRY R. ARNOLD
ATTY. JOSEPH HILL
HAROLD OLSEN
SAMUEL C. ROTUNDA, Director
MORRIS H. BACHMAN
BEULAH A. HIPPERT
ELMER PLASTERER
ROBERT E. STEINER, Director
ELIZABETH W. BAKER
DR. RICHARD R. HOFFMAN
GEORGE S. POMEROY, III
RUTH S. BALDWIN
CHARLES E. HOOVER
JOHN QUINN
VICTOR H. BASEHORE
L. J. HOUCK
THOMAS QUINN, JR.
ATTY. THOMAS BEHNEY
EVELYN L. ISELE
J. GORDON REBER
Lebanon County Council of
CHARLES F. BENDER
WITWER J. JOHNSTON
DONALD REEL
Republican Women
EDWARD F. BERNARDO
ARTHUR A. JONES
RICHARD REICH
Officers 1968-1969
VERNON BISHOP
MARLIN E. KEATH
GEORGE W. RHEN
RUTH J. WHITMAN, President
RAY M. BLATT
MARGARET B. KEITH
R. L. RILEY
EDITH M. GRUMBINE,
FRANKLIN E. BLOUCH
MRS. JAMES KERCHER
HAROLD W. RISSER, JR.
1st Vice-President
ROBERT L. BOESHORE
HAROLD R. KILLINGER
ATTY. ROBERT C. ROWE
ANN E. LINDENMUTH,
EDWARD H. BOMGARDNER
CLAYTON C. KLEINFELTER, JR.
CLAUDE M. SAUFLEY
2nd Vice-President
HOWARD C. BOOSE
PAUL J. KOHR
DR. MARTIN SCHNEIDER
ATTY. WILLIAM M. BRANDT
JAY W. KRADY
ELIZABETH D. SCHOTT
COLLEEN M. WAGNER,
3rd Vice-President
ATTY. EARL A. BRUBAKER
ROBERT E. KREAMER
HAROLD J. SCHRIVER
DAVID A. BYERLY
ROBERT W. KRUM
DORIS K. SELTZER
FRANCES A. LENKER,
HYMAN S. CAPLAN
J. HAYDEN KURTZ
REP. H. JACK SELTZER
4th Vice-President
BENJAMIN K. CHASE
BERNARD J. LARPENTEUR
JAMES G. SHAAK
BARBARA KLEINFELTER,
ATTY. GEORGE CHRISTIANSON
CARLOS R. LEFFLER
DONALD SHEPHERD
Recording Secretary
THOMAS M. CURTIN
ROBERT M. LESHER
ELIAS W. SMITH
MARGUERITE S. SFORZA,
RUSSELL DARKES
HENRY LEVIN
JANE C. SPICER
Financial Secretary
OGENE F. DISSINGER
HERBERT LEVY
BESSIE M. STEINMETZ
SARA U. STELTZ
GLENN BRUBAKER
E. PETER STRICKLER
LEE D. FLICK
GEORGE STRICKLER
JOHN GILBERT
H. MARK SWANGER
WILLIAM HARBACH
NELSON C. TREFSGAR
MAYNARD HESS
HENRY UHLER
HARVEY KEGERREIS
THOMAS UREN
JOHN L. LOUSER
WILLIAM VIALL, JR.
CLARENCE MILLER
CLAIR D. WAGNER
HAROLD W. RISSER, JR.
CARENCE W. WALBORN
DAVID S. WALMER
ATTY. C. WALTER
Publicity Committee
WHITMOYER, JR.
ROBERT C. ROWE, Chairman
GLENN G. WIKEL
DAVID J. BRIGHTBILL
JOSEPHINE M. WISE
BARBARA E. ELY
GENEVIEVE WITTER
LINDA L. LIGHT
L. REGIS WITTER
NICHOLAS B. MOEHLMANN
EDWARD I. WOLFE
NICHOLAS ZECK
L. SAYLOR ZIMMERMAN
CLIFFORD ZINN
Pennsylvania Almanac
W. LAWRENCE HESS
JOHN L. WORRILOW
Young Republicans of
Lebanon County
DANIEL E. LONG, JR., President
Labor Committee
THOMAS G. BRADLEY,
CARLOS F. LUCIOTTI, Chairman
1st Vice-President
LEE S. MOYER,
2nd Vice-President
Farm Committee 1969
KAREN J. WITTERS,
CLAIRE H. GERBERICH,
Recording Secretary
Chairman
ROSE MARIE SWANGER,
RUSSELL M. HEILMAN, JR.,
Corresponding Secretary
Co-Chairman
LINDA L. LIGHT, Treasurer
MARK C. HERSHEY,
Co-Chairman
BARBARA E. ELY, Director
MARK H. BOMBERGER
ROBERT C. ROWE, Director
HARVEY T. BOMGARDNER
JOHN R. DUBBLE
MARLIN H. HITZ
Veterans Committee
J. MORRIS HORST
W. NEVIN HESS, Chairman
IRA M. KRALL
HENRY LEVIN, Co-Chairman
JOSEPH M. KREIDER
RAY M. BLATT
JOSEPH S. SHOTT
RAY M. BOLLINGER
RALPH E. SELLERS
RICHARD BROWN
SAMUEL K. WENGERT
Distribution: 20 copies Mr. Ford
Office Copy
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. MONDAY--
October 20, 1969
Excerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Minority Leader, U.S. House
of Representatives, at a Republican Dinner Monday evening, October 20, 1969
at Lebanon, Pa.
The 1970 campaign is on.
In the words of an outstanding newspaper columnist, the liberal Democrats
have plunged headlong into an exercise which he labels, "The Breaking of the
President.' I can tell them right now, he won't break.
In the words of National Democratic Chairman Fred Harris, "It is time we
(Democrats) took the gloves off on Vietnam." With those words, he made a partisan
issue of the Vietnam War. If they want it that way, let's get the RECORD straight.
The campaign is on, and the liberal Democrats are employing tactics which
demonstrate an amazing disregard for the facts, for cause and effect, for blame
and results, in short for history.
Let me ask you here tonight, and in fact let me pose this question to the
Nation: Did you want a continuation of what was happening in this country and to
this country in 1968?
The answer given by the people of this country at the polls last November
was clearly "no." And it is equally clear that President Nixon has moved to
change what was happening in this country -- and it is changing.
When he became President, Dick Nixon began grappling with problems that
had accumulated for eight years under Democratic administrations principally
under the immediate precedent administration. Deep involvement in a jungle war
halfway around the world. Escalating inflation, price rises that had built up
during nearly four years of inflationary pressure. A crime rate which had climbed
nearly 10 times as fast as the Nation's population. Cities being put to the
torch by black militants. Taxpayers at the point of revolt.
The liberal Democrats would have you believe that President Nixon has done
nothing, that nothing has changed in the country since he took office. But the
facts show otherwise.
Dick Nixon has cooled it. In both foreign and domestic affairs, the
fires have been dampened down.
In Vietnam, Dick Nixon is the first President in eight years to be taking
troops out instead of putting more troops in, and American fatalities have dropped
to the lowest point in three years.
(more)
GERALD
LIBRARY
-2-
Again, in world affairs, Dick Nixon has inaugurated a new foreign policy
based on a "do-it-yourself doctrine" for Southeast Asia, a pledge of No More
Vietnams, and an innovative policy elsewhere in the world attuned to the concept
that all countries, including Communist nations, are responsive to their own
nationalistic concerns.
Domestically, President Nixon has succeeded in getting people to lower their
voices...and their arms, too.
Again in quest of domestic tranquillity, Dick Nixon has launched a strong
crackdown against organized crime and is seeking enactment by the Congress of more
major anti-crime legislation. He has sent Congress a detailed program dealing
with organized crime and reorganization of the courts. He has made the fight
against crime one of his central concerns. The Nixon Administration recognizes,
as do all of you, that the first civil right of every American -- black or white --
is the right to protection against crime and violence.
Dick Nixon has greatly expanded and improved the Nation's manpower training
programs and has made them a part of his proposal to give the country Workfare
instead of Welfare. He is building a better America on the solid American ethic
of working for a living. He knows that a man never stands so tall as when he
stands on his own two feet. Dick Nixon's way is a hand up instead of a handout.
That's the American way. That's the only way to bridge the gap between the Haves
and the Have-Nots in America.
The Nixon Administration's policies are taking hold of inflation. This is
shown by the economic indicators. What a rotten tactic it is for liberal Democrats
to point with alarm at the latest unemployment figures! They know full well it is
Democratic inflation that is forcing the Nixon administration to cool off the
economy.
We are on the edge of tax reform and tax relief because the Nixon
Administration has made it possible.
I really don't think the liberal Democrats would want to go back to the
days of LBJ, if they were to tell the truth.
We now have order in this country, because President Nixon has brought order
to the Presidency. The days of government by crisis have been replaced by crisis
prevention.
But the greatest problem remains. Vietnam remains.
We are winding down the war; we are Vietnamizing it while seeking a negotiated
settlement. And despite what the cut-and-run boys say, the biggest obstacles to
peace lie not in Saigon but in Hanoi. I wish the cut-and-run boys and the American
radicals who want the Communists to take over South Vietnam would get Hanoi to
negotiate in a meaningful way at Paris.
I hope that all Americans, Democrats and Republicans alike, will join ranks
behind our President and help him achieve peace with honor in Vietnam.
# # #