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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D28, folder \"Republican Dinner, Bismarck, ND,\nNovember 1, 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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nDistribution 20 copies sent to Kleppi's\noffice 10/28/69\nmaffice Copy\nNEWS\nCONGRESSMAN\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n-FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY-\nNovember 1, 1969\nExcerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Minority Leader, U.S. House\nof Representatives, at a Republican Dinner Saturday evening, November 1, 1969\nat Bismarck, N.D.\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 Níxon 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 i be taking\nFORD\ntroops out instead of putting more troops in, and American fatalities have dropped\nLIBRARY\nto the lowest point in three years.\n(more)\nDigitized from Box D28 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\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\nand 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\nHanoi. 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# # #\naffice Copy\nNEWS\nCONGRESSMAN\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY--\nNovember 1, 1969\nExcerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Minority Leader, U.S. House\nof Representatives, at a Republican Dinner Saturday evening, November 1, 1969\nat Bismarck, N.D.\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 L be taking FORD\ntroops out instead of putting more troops in, and American fatalities have dropped\nto the lowest point in three years.\n(more)\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 : 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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