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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D28, folder \"Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN,\nMarch 20, 1970\" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the\nGerald 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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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 mr. Ford\noffice Copy\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. FRIDAY--\nMarch 20, 1970\nExcerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican Leader, U. S.\nHouse of Representatives, at Bethel College, Mishawaka, Ind.\nReform is the watchword of the Nixon Administration and hopefully that of\nthe Congress as America moves into the decade of the 70's.\nPresident Nixon has sent Congress some of the most far-reaching reforms ever\nlaid before the American people.\nIf all of these programs are adopted by the Congress, we will see a greater\nreform of our political and social system than at any time since the first\nadministration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.\nThe proposed reforms are timely and urgent. They are part and parcel of a\ncomprehensive strategy aimed at eliminating the most critical problems facing this\ncountry.\nThat strategy is directed toward five objectives: Ending the Vietnam War;\nmaking the streets safe again for the American people; curbing inflation; reforming\nand ultimately ending the draft; and giving the Federal government back to the\npeople.\nThe top priority is, of course, to end the war in Vietnam. And while this\ndoes not require direct congressional participation in planning and strategy, it\ndoes require the support of Congress as well as the support of the American people.\nI believe President Nixon has that support, now that he has reversed the trend of\nour manpower commitment. We are gradually extricating ourselves from that tragic\nwar, and we are doing so in a manner that will produce a sound settlement of the\nconflict. Meantime, I think it is safe to say that the policy of Vietnamizing the\nwar will result in taking U.S. forces in Vietnam below the 200,000 mark in another\nyear or so from the present ceiling of 434,000.\nWe have moved to reform the exercise of both our international and domestic\npower through a transformation of our policies. Already we have accomplished much.\nMuch more remains to be accomplished reforms that require the cooperation of\nthe Congress.\nThe President has reformed American foreign policy. He has clothed it with\na new spirit of partnership - partnership with our free world allies --- and with\n(more)\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nDigitized from Box D28 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n-2-\na new spirit of willingness to negotiate in the interest of world peace. In his\napproach to Communist nations, the President has adopted a policy tuned to their\nindividually nationalistic interests. He has sought to defuse the nuclear arms\nrace. In his approach to our allies, he is helping those who help themselves.\nOverall, the Nixon policy is one of crisis prevention.\nPresident Nixon has managed to bring order to the handling of our foreign\npolicy, and he has brought order to this country. In short, he has brought order\nto the Presidency.\nLet us look at the great array of reforms before us -- the first major over-\nhaul of the welfare system in a generation; a strengthened and broadened anti-crime\nprogram to make our streets safe again; draft reform to make the selective service\nsystem as fair as possible until we can establish a truly all-volunteer army;\nexpenditure reform which reorders our priorities while bringing inflation under\ncontrol; postal reform which will create a postal service authority with broad\nmodernization powers; poverty program reform which keeps the Office of Economic\nOpportunity as an innovative agency but spins off successful experimental programs\nto old-line Government departments; manpower training reform which consolidates\nFederal manpower training programs; tax reform which takes millions of poor citizens\noff the taxrolls, reduces taxes for millions of other low-income Americans, gives\na long-deserved break to middle-income individuals, and prevents the most wealthy\nfrom escaping taxation; a New Federalism which provides the states and cities with\nan increasing slice of Federal income tax revenue and gives them new vigor as solvers\nof problems closest to them; a decentralization of Government authority which places\ngreater reliance on local officials and greater power in the hands of the people;\na re-examination of Federal aid to schools aimed at achieving quality of education\nand equality of educational opportunity; revamping of our labor law for improved\nhandling of national emergency labor disputes; a crusade to rid ourselves of air\nand water pollution and restore to our land the beauty it once knew.\nWe have already achieved some of these reforms and others are on the way.\nWe have instituted a lottery system as part of the draft. An all-volunteer Army\nshould be our next goal. We have accomplished major tax reforms along with tax\nrelief. We have reformed the anti-poverty program to make it truly innovative,\ngiving the operating programs to the old-line departments. The House Ways and Means\nCommittee has formally approved the President's plan to substitute Workfare for\nWelfare.\nThe Workfare program -- the major overhaul of the welfare system -- is a\ncommon-sense approach to the crisis of our cities. The accent is on the solid\nAmerican ethic of working for a living. It calls for a hand up instead of a\nhandout. It is based on the idea that a man never stands so tall as when he stands\non his own two feet.\nThrough all of the proposed reforms runs a challenge -- to make the\nSeventies a time when we as a people will live our lives better will improve\nthe quality of our lives.\n# # #\nDistribution 20 copies Ms. Ford\nO office Copy\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. FRIDAY--\nMarch 20, 1970\nExcerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican Leader, U. S.\nHouse of Representatives, at Bethel College, Mishawaka, Ind.\nReform is the watchword of the Nixon Administration and hopefully that of\nthe Congress as America moves into the decade of the 70's.\nPresident Nixon has sent Congress some of the most far-reaching reforms ever\nlaid before the American people.\nIf all of these programs are adopted by the Congress, we will see a greater\nreform of our political and social system than at any time since the first\nadministration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.\nThe proposed reforms are timely and urgent. They are part and parcel of a\ncomprehensive strategy aimed at eliminating the most critical problems facing this\ncountry.\nThat strategy is directed toward five objectives: Ending the Vietnam War;\nmaking the streets safe again for the American people; curbing inflation; reforming\nand ultimately ending the draft; and giving the Federal government back to the\npeople.\nThe top priority is, of course, to end the war in Vietnam. And while this\ndoes not require direct congressional participation in planning and strategy, it\ndoes require the support of Congress as well as the support of the American people.\nI believe President Nixon has that support, now that he has reversed the trend of\nour manpower commitment. We are gradually extricating ourselves from that tragic\nwar, and we are doing so in a manner that will produce a sound settlement of the\nconflict. Meantime, I think it is safe to say that the policy of Vietnamizing the\nwar will result in taking U.S. forces in Vietnam below the 200,000 mark in another\nyear or so from the present ceiling of 434,000.\nWe have moved to reform the exercise of both our international and domestic\npower through a transformation of our policies. Already we have accomplished much.\nMuch more remains to be accomplished reforms that require the cooperation of\nthe Congress.\nThe President has reformed American foreign policy. He has clothed it with\na new spirit of partnership - partnership with our free world allies -- and with\n(more)\nBERALD FORD LIBRARY\n-2-\na new spirit of willingness to negotiate in the interest of world peace. In his\napproach to Communist nations, the President has adopted a policy tuned to their\nindividually nationalistic interests. He has sought to defuse the nuclear arms\nrace. In his approach to our allies, he is helping those who help themselves.\nOverall, the Nixon policy is one of crisis prevention.\nPresident Nixon has managed to bring order to the handling of our foreign\npolicy, and he has brought order to this country. In short, he has brought order\nto the Presidency.\nLet us look at the great array of reforms before us -- the first major over-\nhaul of the welfare system in a generation; a strengthened and broadened anti-crime\nprogram to make our streets safe again; draft reform to make the selective service\nsystem as fair as possible until we can establish a truly all-volunteer army;\nexpenditure reform which reorders our priorities while bringing inflation under\ncontrol; postal reform which will create a postal service authority with broad\nmodernization powers; poverty program reform which keeps the Office of Economic\nOpportunity as an innovative agency but spins off successful experimental programs\nto old-line Government departments; manpower training reform which consolidates\nFederal manpower training programs; tax reform which takes millions of poor citizens\noff the taxrolls, reduces taxes for millions of other low-income Americans, gives\na long-deserved break to middle-income individuals, and prevents the most wealthy\nfrom escaping taxation; a New Federalism which provides the states and cities with\nan increasing slice of Federal income tax revenue and gives them new vigor as solvers\nof problems closest to them; a decentralization of Government authority which places\ngreater reliance on local officials and greater power in the hands of the people;\na re-examination of Federal aid to schools aimed at achieving quality of education\nand equality of educational opportunity; revamping of our labor law for improved\nhandling of national emergency labor disputes; a crusade to rid ourselves of air\nand water pollution and restore to our land the beauty it once knew.\nWe have already achieved some of these reforms and others are on the way.\nWe have instituted a lottery system as part of the draft. An all-volunteer Army\nshould be our next goal. We have accomplished major tax reforms along with tax\nrelief. We have reformed the anti-poverty program to make it truly innovative,\ngiving the operating programs to the old-line departments. The House Ways and Means\nCommittee has formally approved the President's plan to substitute Workfare for\nWelfare.\nThe Workfare program -- the major overhaul of the welfare system -- is a\ncommon-sense approach to the crisis of our cities. The accent is on the solid\nAmerican ethic of working for a living. It calls for a hand up instead of a\nhandout. It is based on the idea that a man never stands so tall as when he stands\non his own two feet.\nThrough all of the proposed reforms runs a challenge -- to make the\nSeventies a time when we as a people will live our lives better will improve\nthe quality of our lives.\n# # #"
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