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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D28, folder \"Republican Dinner, Lebanon, PA,\nOctober 20, 1969\" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at\nthe Gerald 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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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 D28 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. MONDAY--\nOctober 20, 1969\nExcerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Minority Leader, U.S. House\nof Representatives, at a Republican Dinner Monday evening, October 20, 1969\nat Lebanon, Pa.\nThe 1970 campaign is on.\nIn the words of an outstanding newspaper columnist, the liberal Democrats\nhave plunged headlong into an exercise which he labels, \"The Breaking of the\nPresident.\" I can tell them right now, he won't break.\nIn the words of National Democratic Chairman Fred Harris, \"It is time we\n(Democrats) took the gloves off on Vietnam.\" With those words, he made a partisan\nissue of the Vietnam War. If they want it that way, let's get the RECORD straight.\nThe campaign is on, and the liberal Democrats are employing tactics which\ndemonstrate an amazing disregard for the facts, for cause and effect, for blame\nand results, in short for history.\nLet me ask you here tonight, and in fact let me pose this question to the\nNation: Did you want a continuation of what was happening in this country and to\nthis country in 1968?\nThe answer given by the people of this country at the polls last November\nwas clearly \"no.\" And it is equally clear that President Nixon has moved to\nchange what was happening in this country - and it is changing.\nWhen he became President, Dick Nixon began grappling with problems that\nhad accumulated for eight years under Democratic administrations principally\nunder the immediate precedent administration. Deep involvement in a jungle war\nhalfway around the world. Escalating inflation, price rises that had built up\nduring nearly four years of inflationary pressure. A crime rate which had climbed\nnearly 10 times as fast as the Nation's population. Cities being put to the\ntorch by black militants. Taxpayers at the point of revolt.\nThe liberal Democrats would have you believe that President Nixon has done\nnothing, that nothing has changed in the country since he took office. But the\nfacts show otherwise.\nDick Nixon has cooled it. In both foreign and domestic affairs, the\nfires have been dampened down.\nIn Vietnam, Dick Nixon is the first President in eight years to be taking\ntroops out instead of putting more troops in, and American fatalities have dropped\nto the lowest point in three years.\n(more)\nLIBRAR,\n-2-\nAgain, in world affairs, Dick Nixon has inaugurated a new foreign policy\nbased on a \"do-it-yourself doctrine\" for Southeast Asia, a pledge of No More\nVietnams, and an innovative policy elsewhere in the world attuned to the concept\nthat all countries, including Communist nations, are responsive to their own\nnationalistic concerns.\nDomestically, President Nixon has succeeded in getting people to lower their\nvoices...and their arms, too.\nAgain in quest of domestic tranquillity, Dick Nixon has launched a strong\ncrackdown against organized crime and is seeking enactment by the Congress of more\nmajor anti-crime legislation. He has sent Congress a detailed program dealing\nwith organized crime and reorganization of the courts. He has made the fight\nagainst crime one of his central concerns. The Nixon Administration recognizes,\nas do all of you, that the first civil right of every American -- black or white --\nis the right to protection against crime and violence.\nDick Nixon has greatly expanded and improved the Nation's manpower training\nprograms and has made them a part of his proposal to give the country Workfare\ninstead of Welfare. He is building a better America on the solid American ethic\nof working for a living. He knows that a man never stands so tall as when he\nstands on his own two feet. Dick Nixon's way is a hand up instead of a handout.\nThat's the American way. That's the only way to bridge the gap between the Haves\nand the Have-Nots in America.\nThe Nixon Administration's policies are taking hold of inflation. This is\nshown by the economic indicators. What a rotten tactic it is for liberal Democrats\nto point with alarm at the latest unemployment figures! They know full well it is\nDemocratic inflation that is forcing the Nixon administration to cool off the\neconomy.\nWe are on the edge of tax reform and tax relief because the Nixon\nAdministration has made it possible.\nI really don't think the liberal Democrats would want to go back to the\ndays of LBJ, if they were to tell the truth.\nWe now have order in this country, because President Nixon has brought order\nto the Presidency. The days of government by crisis have been replaced by crisis\nprevention.\nBut the greatest problem remains. Vietnam remains.\nWe are winding down the war; we are Vietnamizing it while seeking a negotiated\nsettlement. And despite what the cut-and-run boys say, the biggest obstacles to\npeace lie not in Saigon but in Hanoi. I wish the cut-and-run boys and the American\nradicals who want the Communists to take over South Vietnam would get Hanoi to\nnegotiate in a meaningful way at Paris.\nI hope that all Americans, Democrats and Republicans alike, will join ranks\nbehind our President and help him achieve peace with honor in Vietnam.\n###\n1969\nGOP\nCAMPAIGN DINNER\nOctober 20\n2\nEagles Auditorium, North Eighth St., Lebanon, Pa.\nMasonic Hall, North Eighth St., Lebanon, Pa.\nGERALD LIMITED E FORD\nEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE\nISAAC M. LONG, Chairman\nEDITH M. GRUMBINE, Vice Chairman\nRUSSELL K. LIGHT, Secretary\nWALTER A. SWANGER, Treasurer\nFranklin E. Blouch\nRay M. Bollinger\nDaniel E. Long, Jr.\nJosephine M. Wise\nEarl A. Brubaker\nCarlos F. Luciotti\nDoris K. Seltzer\nBenjamin K. Chase\nClarence F. Manbeck\nRuth S. Baldwin\nHarry W. Fisher\nHarvey L. Nitrauer\nNicholas Zeck\nClaude E. Hartman\nHarold W. Risser, Jr.\nRobert P. Enck\nW. Lawrence Hess\nRobert C. Rowe\nDavid R. Heilman\nGeorge W. Jackson\nRobert B. Schaeffer\nJames H. Connor\nJohn F. Kirby, Jr.\nH. Jack Seltzer\nElias W. Smith\nJ. Hayden Kurtz\nJames R. Whitman\nR. Hart Beaver\nAlvin B. Lewis, Jr.\nJohn L. Worrilow\nWalter R. Light\nREGISTRATION COMMITTEE\nI. M. LONG, Chairman\nLARRY J. FEES\nLEE S. MOYER\nHENRY W. ZUG\nFranklin E. Blouch\nRuth S. Baldwin\nDavid R. Heilman\nJosephine M. Wise\nNicholas Zeck\nJames H. Connor\nDoris K. Seltzer\nRobert P. Enck\nElias W. Smith\nSUPPORT YOUR CANDIDATES\nTHOMAS W. POMEROY, JR.\nJudge of the Supreme Court\nL. E. MEYER\nJudge of the Court of Common Pleas\nCLAUDE E. HARTMAN\nSheriff\nHAROLD W. RISSER, JR.\nRegister of Wills\nGEORGE E. CHRISTIANSON\nDistrict Attorney\nLUTHER M. SWANGER\nJury Commissioner\nJACK M. BRIGHTBILL\nCity Councilman\nWALTER A. SWANGER\nCity Councilman\nWARREN G. HOOPES, JR.\nSchool Director-City of Lebanon\nMARK M. MILLER\nSchool Director-City of Lebanon\nMARTIN SCHNEIDER\nSchool Director-City of Lebanon\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nDINNER MENU\nPROGRAM\nEAGLES AUDITORIUM AND\nMASONIC HALL\nFruit Cup\nCelery-Carrots\nand Olives\nTHE HON. H. JACK SELTZER, Master of Ceremonies\nEAGLES AUDITORIUM\nINVOCATION, REV. DR. PRICE M. COLLINS\nEAGLES AUDITORIUM\nROAST TURKEY\nDANIEL E. LONG, JR. Master of Ceremonies MASONIC HALL\nINVOCATION, REV. ROBERT R. LEE\nMASONIC HALL\nPotato Filling\nGravy\nDINNER\nIMMEDIATELY AFTER DINNER THOSE IN MASONIC HALL MOVE\nTO BALCONY OF EAGLES AUDITORIUM\nPeas\nPRAYER\nRev. Father George W. Rost\nPLEDGE TO FLAG\nLed by W. Nevin Hess\nPepper Cabbage\nSoft Rolls\nSTAR SPANGLED BANNER\nLed by Mrs. Harvey S. Schell\nINTRODUCTIONS\nICE CREAM AND APPLE PIE\nThe Honorable H. Jack Seltzer, Master of Ceremonies\nI.M. Long, County Chairman\nINTRODUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER\nCoffee\nMints\nThe Honorable Edwin D. Eshleman\nADDRESS\nThe Honorable Gerald R. Ford\nGOD BLESS AMERICA\nLed by Mrs. Harvey S. Schell\nBENEDICTION\nRabbi Dr. David Rubin\nCatered by\nTHE LEBANON COUNTY SOCIETY OF FARM WOMEN\nDinner Music by Mr. Larry Fenner at the Organ\nGERALD R. FORD\n1933. Was named Michigan's most valuable player in 1934. Graduated from\nthe University of Michigan with a B.A. degree in 1935, a member of Michi-\ngamua, top senior honor. Was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of\nLaws by Michigan State University, and by Albion, Aquinas, and Spring\nArbor Colleges in 1965 and by Buena Vista College and Grove City College\nin 1968. Was also awarded the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence by Parsons\nCollege in 1966 and the degree of Doctor of Public Administration by the\nAmerican International College in 1968.\nOn January 1, 1935, participated in the Shrine East-West Crippled Chil-\ndren's benefit football game at San Francisco. In August of that same year,\nplayed in the All-Star game in Chicago against the Chicago Bears. In 1959\nwas selected by \"Sports Illustrated\" to receive its \"Silver Anniversary All-\nAmerican Award\" as one of the 25 football players of 25 years prior who\nhad contributed the most to their fellow citizens in the quarter century.\nReceived law degree from Yale University Law School in 1941. As law\nstudent at Yale, was assistant varsity football coach. Was admitted to the\nMichigan State Bar in 1941 and has been admitted to practice before the\nUnited States Supreme Court.\nIn 1942 he entered the U.S. Navy, served 47 months on active duty in\nWorld War II. Served aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Monterey (CVL-26)\nfor two years. Participated in the 3rd and 5th fleet carrier operations. Fol-\nlowing shore duty with the Naval Aviation Training Program, was released\nto inactive duty in January of 1946 with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.\nReturning to Grand Rapids, resumed the practice of law, and in 1948\nreceived the Grand Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished\nService Award for participation in various community projects. In 1949 was\nselected by U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce as one of \"America's Ten\nOutstanding Young Men\" and received its Distinguished Service Award.\nHolds active membership in the American Legion, VFW, and AMVETS.\nMember of Congress since January 3, 1949. Was elected Minority Leader\nIs a 33rd Degree Mason. Is a member of Grace Episcopal Church, Grand\nof the House of Representatives at the opening of the 89th Congress on\nRapids.\nJanuary 4, 1965. Has delivered nearly 200 speeches a year throughout the\nOn October 15, 1948, married Elizabeth Bloomer of Grand Rapids. The\ncountry since becoming minority leader. Served as Permanent Chairman of\nFords have four children: Michael Gerald (March 15, 1950), John Gardner\nthe 1968 Republican National Convention. During the 88th Congress (1963-\n(March 16, 1952), Steven Meigs (May 19, 1956), and Susan Elizabeth,\n64) was Chairman of the Republican Conference of the House. Before be-\nborn July 6, 1957.\ncoming Minority Leader, served on the House Appropriations Committee\nGerald Ford defeated the incumbent in the 1948 primary and won the\nas senior Republican on the Defense Subcommittee and a member of the\nNovember election to become the Representative in the 81st Congress from\nForeign Operations Subcommittee. Has been a member of the House Re-\nthe Fifth District of Michigan, until 1965 composed of Kent and Ottawa\npublican Policy Committee for eight years and has served as a member of\nCounties. In 1965, Ionia County replaced Ottawa County in the Fifth Con-\nThe Republican Leadership of the Congress since January, 1963. In Novem-\ngressional District.\nber 1963 was appointed to the Warren Commission by President Johnson.\nDuring his first term, served on the House Public Works Committee. In\nIs the author (with John R. Stiles) of the book, \"Portrait of the Assassin\"\n1951, was assigned to the Appropriations Committee where he served on the\n(1965).\nArmy Civil Functions Subcommittee and the Emergency Agency Subcom-\nWas called a \"Congressman's Congressman\" by the American Political\nmittee. During the 83rd and 84th Congresses Ford was a member of the\nScience Association in September 1961 when the Association conferred on\nSubcommittees on Foreign Operations and the Department of Defense and\nhim its \"Distinguished Congressional Service Award\" for outstanding work\nwas on the Army panel, serving as Chairman of the panel in the 83rd Con-\nin the Congress. In May 1966 was given the \"George Washington Award\"\ngress. In the 85th, 86th, 87th, and 88th Congresses Ford remained a mem-\nby the American Good Government Society.\nber of both subcommittees (Defense, Foreign Operations). During the 85th\nKnown to his friends as \"Jerry.\" Was born July 14, 1913, at Omaha, Neb.,\nCongress he was appointed to the Select Committee on Astronautics and\nbut spent his childhood in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he was graduated\nSpace Exploration.\nfrom South High School and won all-city and all-state football honors.\nRep. Ford has maintained an attendance record of 90.9 percent during\nWon three varsity football letters at the University of Michigan. A mem-\n20 years in office (1949-1968) missing only 486 roll calls out of a total of\nber of Michigan's undefeated national championship teams in 1932 and\n5,346.\nFORD VIDRARY\nDinner Committee\nMARION A. WEIANT,\nWILFRED C. DUNSTAN\nATTY. ALVIN B. LEWIS, SR.\nBENJAMIN K. CHASE,\nCorresponding Secretary\nLORRAINE S. EBLING\nATTY. ALVIN B. LEWIS, JR.\nChairman\nELLEN S. LIGHT,\nSEN. THOMAS EHRGOOD\nMERVIN P. LIGHT\nGEORGE W. JACKSON,\nTreasurer\nTHOMAS I. EICEMAN\nRUSSELL K. LIGHT\nCo-Chairman\nROBERT P. ENCK\nWALTER R. LIGHT\nRepublican Finance Committee\nCORWIN C. H. ERDMAN\nRUTH E. LOHSE\nMRS. HILDA G. FLICK\nCHRISTIAN A. FRICK\nR. HART BEAVER, Chairman\nS. D. EVANS\nATTY. DANIEL E. LONG, JR.\nHARRY W. FISHER\nI. M. LONG\nMRS. EDITH M. GRUMBINE\nEMMA W. HAAK, Co-Chairman\nJOHN K. FLECK\nTHOMAS P. LOOSE\nMISS LINDA L. LIGHT\nJOHN F. KIRBY, JR.,\nCYRUS J. FORNEY\nTAMAH LOSER\nMISS RUTH E. LOHSE\nCo-Chairman\nELMER H. FRANKHOUSER\nCARLOS LUCIOTTI\nDANIEL E. LONG, JR.\nJOHN L. WORRILOW,\nLESTER P. FRANTZ\nSEN. CLARENCE F. MANBECK\nG. GARMAN SHEFFEY\nCo-Chairman\nCHRISTIAN A. FRICK\nHENRY MARK\nMISS COLLEEN M. WAGNER\nJAMES H. CONNOR,\nROBERT GROOVER\nROY J. McMINDES\nVice Chairman\nRALPH E. GROSS\nCHARLES B. MEISER\nEDITH M. GRUMBINE\nJOSEPH F. MESICS\nLincoln Republican Club\nW. LAWRENCE HESS, Treasurer\nSTANLEY F. HARKINS\nWILLARD J. MEYER\nOfficers\nJANET M. ALBRIGHT\nCLAUDE E. HARTMAN\nCHARLES S. MOCK\nRAY M. BOLLINGER\nJAMES R. WHITMAN, President\nWILLIAM A. HEATH\nLEE S. MOYER\nHILDA G. FLICK\nROBERT J. EBY, Vice President\nDAVID R. HEILMAN\nDAVID B. MYERS\nLINDA L. LIGHT\nALLEN U. HERR, Secretary\nALLEN U. HERR\nLYNN NELSON\nROBERT B. SCHAEFFER\nMARY S. HERR\nROBERT NICHOLS\nG. GARMAN SHEFFEY, Treasurer\nWALTER A. SWANGER\nWALTER W. HESS\nREP. HARVEY L. NITRAUER\nHERBERT DEGLER, Director\nCoordinators\nGEORGE H. HEVERLING, JR.\nROBERT A. NOLL\nWILLIAM M. KEATH, Director\nHENRY R. ARNOLD\nATTY. JOSEPH HILL\nHAROLD OLSEN\nSAMUEL C. ROTUNDA, Director\nMORRIS H. BACHMAN\nBEULAH A. HIPPERT\nELMER PLASTERER\nROBERT E. STEINER, Director\nELIZABETH W. BAKER\nDR. RICHARD R. HOFFMAN\nGEORGE S. POMEROY, III\nRUTH S. BALDWIN\nCHARLES E. HOOVER\nJOHN QUINN\nVICTOR H. BASEHORE\nL. J. HOUCK\nTHOMAS QUINN, JR.\nATTY. THOMAS BEHNEY\nEVELYN L. ISELE\nJ. GORDON REBER\nLebanon County Council of\nCHARLES F. BENDER\nWITWER J. JOHNSTON\nDONALD REEL\nRepublican Women\nEDWARD F. BERNARDO\nARTHUR A. JONES\nRICHARD REICH\nOfficers 1968-1969\nVERNON BISHOP\nMARLIN E. KEATH\nGEORGE W. RHEN\nRUTH J. WHITMAN, President\nRAY M. BLATT\nMARGARET B. KEITH\nR. L. RILEY\nEDITH M. GRUMBINE,\nFRANKLIN E. BLOUCH\nMRS. JAMES KERCHER\nHAROLD W. RISSER, JR.\n1st Vice-President\nROBERT L. BOESHORE\nHAROLD R. KILLINGER\nATTY. ROBERT C. ROWE\nANN E. LINDENMUTH,\nEDWARD H. BOMGARDNER\nCLAYTON C. KLEINFELTER, JR.\nCLAUDE M. SAUFLEY\n2nd Vice-President\nHOWARD C. BOOSE\nPAUL J. KOHR\nDR. MARTIN SCHNEIDER\nATTY. WILLIAM M. BRANDT\nJAY W. KRADY\nELIZABETH D. SCHOTT\nCOLLEEN M. WAGNER,\n3rd Vice-President\nATTY. EARL A. BRUBAKER\nROBERT E. KREAMER\nHAROLD J. SCHRIVER\nDAVID A. BYERLY\nROBERT W. KRUM\nDORIS K. SELTZER\nFRANCES A. LENKER,\nHYMAN S. CAPLAN\nJ. HAYDEN KURTZ\nREP. H. JACK SELTZER\n4th Vice-President\nBENJAMIN K. CHASE\nBERNARD J. LARPENTEUR\nJAMES G. SHAAK\nBARBARA KLEINFELTER,\nATTY. GEORGE CHRISTIANSON\nCARLOS R. LEFFLER\nDONALD SHEPHERD\nRecording Secretary\nTHOMAS M. CURTIN\nROBERT M. LESHER\nELIAS W. SMITH\nMARGUERITE S. SFORZA,\nRUSSELL DARKES\nHENRY LEVIN\nJANE C. SPICER\nFinancial Secretary\nOGENE F. DISSINGER\nHERBERT LEVY\nBESSIE M. STEINMETZ\nSARA U. STELTZ\nGLENN BRUBAKER\nE. PETER STRICKLER\nLEE D. FLICK\nGEORGE STRICKLER\nJOHN GILBERT\nH. MARK SWANGER\nWILLIAM HARBACH\nNELSON C. TREFSGAR\nMAYNARD HESS\nHENRY UHLER\nHARVEY KEGERREIS\nTHOMAS UREN\nJOHN L. LOUSER\nWILLIAM VIALL, JR.\nCLARENCE MILLER\nCLAIR D. WAGNER\nHAROLD W. RISSER, JR.\nCARENCE W. WALBORN\nDAVID S. WALMER\nATTY. C. WALTER\nPublicity Committee\nWHITMOYER, JR.\nROBERT C. ROWE, Chairman\nGLENN G. WIKEL\nDAVID J. BRIGHTBILL\nJOSEPHINE M. WISE\nBARBARA E. ELY\nGENEVIEVE WITTER\nLINDA L. LIGHT\nL. REGIS WITTER\nNICHOLAS B. MOEHLMANN\nEDWARD I. WOLFE\nNICHOLAS ZECK\nL. SAYLOR ZIMMERMAN\nCLIFFORD ZINN\nPennsylvania Almanac\nW. LAWRENCE HESS\nJOHN L. WORRILOW\nYoung Republicans of\nLebanon County\nDANIEL E. LONG, JR., President\nLabor Committee\nTHOMAS G. BRADLEY,\nCARLOS F. LUCIOTTI, Chairman\n1st Vice-President\nLEE S. MOYER,\n2nd Vice-President\nFarm Committee 1969\nKAREN J. WITTERS,\nCLAIRE H. GERBERICH,\nRecording Secretary\nChairman\nROSE MARIE SWANGER,\nRUSSELL M. HEILMAN, JR.,\nCorresponding Secretary\nCo-Chairman\nLINDA L. LIGHT, Treasurer\nMARK C. HERSHEY,\nCo-Chairman\nBARBARA E. ELY, Director\nMARK H. BOMBERGER\nROBERT C. ROWE, Director\nHARVEY T. BOMGARDNER\nJOHN R. DUBBLE\nMARLIN H. HITZ\nVeterans Committee\nJ. MORRIS HORST\nW. NEVIN HESS, Chairman\nIRA M. KRALL\nHENRY LEVIN, Co-Chairman\nJOSEPH M. KREIDER\nRAY M. BLATT\nJOSEPH S. SHOTT\nRAY M. BOLLINGER\nRALPH E. SELLERS\nRICHARD BROWN\nSAMUEL K. WENGERT\nDistribution: 20 copies Mr. Ford\nOffice Copy\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. MONDAY--\nOctober 20, 1969\nExcerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Minority Leader, U.S. House\nof Representatives, at a Republican Dinner Monday evening, October 20, 1969\nat Lebanon, Pa.\nThe 1970 campaign is on.\nIn the words of an outstanding newspaper columnist, the liberal Democrats\nhave plunged headlong into an exercise which he labels, \"The Breaking of the\nPresident.' I can tell them right now, he won't break.\nIn the words of National Democratic Chairman Fred Harris, \"It is time we\n(Democrats) took the gloves off on Vietnam.\" With those words, he made a partisan\nissue of the Vietnam War. If they want it that way, let's get the RECORD straight.\nThe campaign is on, and the liberal Democrats are employing tactics which\ndemonstrate an amazing disregard for the facts, for cause and effect, for blame\nand results, in short for history.\nLet me ask you here tonight, and in fact let me pose this question to the\nNation: Did you want a continuation of what was happening in this country and to\nthis country in 1968?\nThe answer given by the people of this country at the polls last November\nwas clearly \"no.\" And it is equally clear that President Nixon has moved to\nchange what was happening in this country -- and it is changing.\nWhen he became President, Dick Nixon began grappling with problems that\nhad accumulated for eight years under Democratic administrations principally\nunder the immediate precedent administration. Deep involvement in a jungle war\nhalfway around the world. Escalating inflation, price rises that had built up\nduring nearly four years of inflationary pressure. A crime rate which had climbed\nnearly 10 times as fast as the Nation's population. Cities being put to the\ntorch by black militants. Taxpayers at the point of revolt.\nThe liberal Democrats would have you believe that President Nixon has done\nnothing, that nothing has changed in the country since he took office. But the\nfacts show otherwise.\nDick Nixon has cooled it. In both foreign and domestic affairs, the\nfires have been dampened down.\nIn Vietnam, Dick Nixon is the first President in eight years to be taking\ntroops out instead of putting more troops in, and American fatalities have dropped\nto the lowest point in three years.\n(more)\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\n-2-\nAgain, in world affairs, Dick Nixon has inaugurated a new foreign policy\nbased on a \"do-it-yourself doctrine\" for Southeast Asia, a pledge of No More\nVietnams, and an innovative policy elsewhere in the world attuned to the concept\nthat all countries, including Communist nations, are responsive to their own\nnationalistic concerns.\nDomestically, President Nixon has succeeded in getting people to lower their\nvoices...and their arms, too.\nAgain in quest of domestic tranquillity, Dick Nixon has launched a strong\ncrackdown against organized crime and is seeking enactment by the Congress of more\nmajor anti-crime legislation. He has sent Congress a detailed program dealing\nwith organized crime and reorganization of the courts. He has made the fight\nagainst crime one of his central concerns. The Nixon Administration recognizes,\nas do all of you, that the first civil right of every American -- black or white --\nis the right to protection against crime and violence.\nDick Nixon has greatly expanded and improved the Nation's manpower training\nprograms and has made them a part of his proposal to give the country Workfare\ninstead of Welfare. He is building a better America on the solid American ethic\nof working for a living. He knows that a man never stands so tall as when he\nstands on his own two feet. Dick Nixon's way is a hand up instead of a handout.\nThat's the American way. That's the only way to bridge the gap between the Haves\nand the Have-Nots in America.\nThe Nixon Administration's policies are taking hold of inflation. This is\nshown by the economic indicators. What a rotten tactic it is for liberal Democrats\nto point with alarm at the latest unemployment figures! They know full well it is\nDemocratic inflation that is forcing the Nixon administration to cool off the\neconomy.\nWe are on the edge of tax reform and tax relief because the Nixon\nAdministration has made it possible.\nI really don't think the liberal Democrats would want to go back to the\ndays of LBJ, if they were to tell the truth.\nWe now have order in this country, because President Nixon has brought order\nto the Presidency. The days of government by crisis have been replaced by crisis\nprevention.\nBut the greatest problem remains. Vietnam remains.\nWe are winding down the war; we are Vietnamizing it while seeking a negotiated\nsettlement. And despite what the cut-and-run boys say, the biggest obstacles to\npeace lie not in Saigon but in Hanoi. I wish the cut-and-run boys and the American\nradicals who want the Communists to take over South Vietnam would get Hanoi to\nnegotiate in a meaningful way at Paris.\nI hope that all Americans, Democrats and Republicans alike, will join ranks\nbehind our President and help him achieve peace with honor in Vietnam.\n# # #"
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