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The original documents are located in Box D30, folder "Dinner Honoring J. Kenneth
Robinson, Republican Candidate for Congress, Harrisburg, VA, September 19, 1970" 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.--
Saturday, September 19, 1970
Excerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, Republican Leader, U.S. House of
Representatives, at a dinner for J. Kenneth Robinson, Republican Candidate
for Congress, Saturday evening, Sept. 19, 1970, at Harrisonburg, Va.
Our congressional candidate, J. Kenneth Robinson, is a staunch supporter of
economy in government. He is pledged to hold down government spending--to back
up every effort by President Nixon to hold Federal spending in check. Now, why
is this?
Ken Robinson knows that years of increasing government costs with an
uncontrolled $25 billion in Federal red-ink spending in 1968 produced a nearly
runaway inflation in this country--inflation that hurt us all and hit farmers and
old folks on fixed incomes the hardest.
We have got to stop spending more than we take in at the Federal level. If
we fail to keep government spending within revenues, the price for the American
people will be catastrophic in the end.
The big spenders in Congress cause inflation. Their over-spending pushes
up the price of everything. And yet they pretend to be the friends of the people.
Their generosity with the taxpayers' dollars puts an ever-increasing burden on
generations yet to come and requires an ever-increasing appropriation just to pay
the interest on the national debt. In fact, the interest we now pay on the national
debt is a major government expense--second only to spending for national defense.
Today President Nixon and Republicans in Congress are locked in battle with
the big spenders. It's a fight to control inflation. We know whose side Ken
Robinson is on. Send him to Congress where he can help me and the President fight
the big spenders, the radical liberals who vote for every spending bill they can
trot out.
Now let me tell you that we have turned the corner on inflation in spite of
the big spenders. We are making progress against inflation, and at the same time
the economy is in the early stages of an upswing.
If there is any segment of the economy which deserves greater rewards in
terms of performance it is agriculture.
Everyone will agree that one of the basic defects in the economy today is a
failure to achieve substantial gains in industrial productivity in recent years
(more)
GERALD
Digitized from Box D30 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
By contrast, the American farmer's record of productivity is nothing short of
fabulous, and it continues on the increase.
Productivity has risen faster in agriculture than in any other sector of the
economy. In the past two decades alone, farm output per manhour has almost
quadrupled, while nonfarm productivity has just about doubled.
So I am pleased that the Nation's farmers fared quite well in 1969 but I
would like to see them do much better. Last year, despite a sharp rise in pro-
duction costs, farm operators posted an 8 per cent increase in realized net income.
Total net farm income was $16 billion, based on substantial gains in both marketing
receipts and government payments. I hope the new farm bill will be a plus.
How can the farmer do better? One way is to make himself more friends in
Congress. The farmer needs a stronger voice in Congress. He needs farm men like
J. Kenneth Robinson in the U.S. House of Representatives. Not only is Ken a highly
successful farmer himself, but he is the kind of farmer who can sell urban
congressmen on the importance of a healthy and prosperous agriculture.
We are making progress under the Nixon Administration on the problems of the
farmer and the problems of all the people.
We are moving toward peace in Vietnam despite the tactics of the congressional
sellout crowd. Vietnamization is ahead of schedule, and we will end our front-line
ground combat role in South Vietnam by next May.
The situation in the Middle East is tenuous, but at least the Nixon
Administration has produced a cease-fire there. Administration initiative in the
Middle East has averted a possible confrontation there with the Soviet Union. We
must now move cautiously ahead in the hope of working out a peace settlement.
These are only a few Administration pluses--the kind of progress that has
been produced by policies backed by J. Kenneth Robinson.
We are making progress in fighting crime, too--no thanks to the week-kneed
libertarians in the Congress.
The Administration has struck strong blows against organized crime, staging
massive raids on narcotics traffickers and producing shock waves felt throughout
the underworld.
The Administration has also sent 13 major anti-crime bills to the Congress.
Unfortunately, the House Democratic leadership has done nothing to fight crime
except for the omnibus District of Columbia crime bill.
President Nixon badly needs more support if he is going to turn America
around. He needs the help of sound-thinking men like Ken Robinson. Send Ken
Robinson to Congress. Add to the strength of responsible government in America.
###
NOTES
The Seventh Congressional District of Virginia has been the area of
great strength and leadership in the Republican effort in Virginia as has
become increasingly apparent with each succeeding election. It was a
stronghold of support for Governor Holton in his first gubernatorial bid in
1965 and in his recent successful election. It gave President Nixon an
overwhelming majority in 1968 as it had in his 1960 election and in the
Eisenhower election in 1952 and 1956.
The District has been a great source of Republican talent in political
leadership as has been demonstrated by the following track record of
Republican men holding key posts:
In 1963, Pete Giesen was elected to the State Legislature
Bur Jach Harmon March
where he joined in the General Assembly the delegate from
Shenandoah County, Howard Ellifrits.
State elections in November 1965 saw the election of Delegates
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Bev Roller, Delegate Don Funkhouser and Delegate Don Earman.
A special election in December 1965 saw the election to the
State Senate of Kenneth Robinson.
FORD i LIBRARY GERMLD
In 1967, Buz Dawbarn was elected to the Virginia Senate.
It is significant to note also that the former District Chairman from
this district, Warren French, holds the key party post of State Chairman.
NOTES ON SEVENTH DISTRICT POLITICAL HISTORY
Km Rd
The Seventh Congressional District has perhaps one of the richest
political histories of any district in the country. The district as it is
now configured has been the principal home, or birthplace, of five presidents
of the United States. They are: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe,
Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson.
It is interesting to know that Thomas Jefferson of Albemarle County,
who ranks as one of the worlds foremost exponents of limited government,
-
was careful to describe the name of his party as the Democratic-Republican
Party.
The first member of the House of Representatives to represent that
part of the district which lies east of the Blue Ridge was James Madison,
whose opponent in the election was James Monroe.
The Frederick County area was in the early days of our country
represented by General Daniel Morgan, a federalist.
Just a few miles from Harrisonburg was the home of the parents of
Abraham Lincoln, who might well have been born in this county had they not
migrated west.
President Eisenhower's mother was born in nearby Fort Defiance,
GERALD LIBRARY R FORD
in Augusta County.
16 THE NEWS-VIRGINIAN, Waynesboro, Va. Thursday, September 17, 1970
Ford Backs
Robinson
Candidacy
House Republican Leader
Gerald Ford has pledged his full
support to the appointment of J.
Kenneth Robinson to the
Appropriations Committee in
the 92nd Congress.
Robinson, the Republican
candidate from the Seventh
District, had earlier expressed a
strong desire for such an
appointment if he is successful
in his race this fall.
Ford, who will address a giant
rally of Republicans in
Harrisonburg Saturday night, is
himself a member of the
powerful committee, and has
served on the group for 14 years.
The House minority leader
represents the fifth District of
Michigan in Congress.
More than 200 guests are
expected at Lloyd's Steak
House, the scene of the Ford
dinner. The Harrisonburg and
Rockingham County Republican
committees have handled the
arrangements for the dinner.
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
-THE DAILY PROGRESS, Charlottesville, Virginia - Sept.15,1970
Candidate Lists Funds
Due in Sharing Plan
By REY BARRY
Some items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted
materials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to
these materials.
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M.--
Saturday, September 19, 1970
against
Excerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, Republican Leader, U.S. House of
Representatives, at a dinner for J. Kenneth Robinson, Republican Candidate
for Congress, Saturday evening, Sept. 19, 1970, at Harrisonburg, Va.
Our congressional candida
Kenneth Robinson, is a staunch supporter of
economy government
pledged to hold down government spending--to back
up every effort by President Nixon to hold Federal spending in check. Now, why
Srp.
is this?
Ken Robinson knows that years of increasing government costs with an
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uncontrolled $25 billion in Federal red-ink spending in 1968 produced a nearly
rthaway inflation in this country--inflation that hurt us all and hit farmers and
old folks on fixed incomes the hardest.
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We have got to stop spending more than we take in at the Federal level. If
we fail to keep government spending within revenues, the price for the American
people will be catastrophic in the end.
The big spenders in Congress cause inflation. Their over-spending pushes
up the prio everything. And yet they pretend to be the friends of the people.
Donutic
Their generosity with the taxpayers' dollars puts an ever-increasing burden on
generations yet to come and requires an ever-increasing appropriation just to pay
the interest on the national debt. In fact, the interest we now pay on the national
debt is a major government expense--second only to spending for national defense.
Today President Nixon and Republicans in Congress are locked in battle with
the big spenders. It's a fight to control inflation. We know whose side Ken
Robinson is on. Send him to Congress where he can help me and the President fight
the big spenders, the radical liberals who vote for every spending bill they can
trot out.
Now let me tell you that we have turned the corner on inflation in spite of
the big spenders. We are making progress against inflation, and at the same time
the economy is in the early stages of an upswing.
If there is any segment of the economy which deserves greater rewards in
terms of performance it is agriculture.
Everyone will agree that one of the basic defects in the economy today is a
failure to achieve substantial gains in industrial productivity in recent years
(more)
BERALD FORD LIBRARY
By contrast, the American farmer's record of productivity is nothing short of
fabulous, and it continues on the increase.
Productivity has risen faster in agriculture than in any other sector of the
economy. In the past two decades alone, farm output per manhour has almost
quadrupled, while nonfarm productivity has just about doubled.
So I am pleased that the Nation's farmers fared quite well in 1969 but I
would like to see them do much better. Last year, despite a sharp rise in pro-
duction costs, farm operators posted an 8 per cent increase in realized net income.
Total net farm income was $16 billion, based on substantial gains in both marketing
receipts and government payments. I hope the new farm bill will be a plus.
How can the farmer do better? One way is to make himself more friends in
Congress. The farmer needs a stronger voice in Congress. He needs farm men like
J. Kenneth Robinson in the U.S. House of Representatives. Not only is Ken a highly
successful farmer himself, but he is the kind of farmer who can sell urban
congressmen on the importance of a healthy and prosperous agriculture.
We are making progress under the Nixon Administration on the problems of the
farmer and the problems of all the people.
We are moving toward peace in Vietnam despite the tactics of the congressional
sellout crowd. Vietnamization is ahead of schedule, and we will end our front-line
ground combat role in South Vietnam by next May.
The situation in the Middle East is tenuous, but at least the Nixon
Administration has produced a cease-fire there. Administration initiative in the
Middle East has averted a possible confrontation there with the Soviet Union. We
must now move cautiously ahead in the hope of working out a peace settlement.
These are only a few Administration pluses--the kind of progress that has
been produced by policies backed by J. Kenneth Robinson.
We are making progress in fighting crime, too--no thanks to the week-kneed
libertarians in the Congress.
The Administration has struck strong blows against organized crime, staging
massive raids on narcotics traffickers and producing shock waves felt throughout
the underworld.
The Administration has also sent 13 major anti-crime bills to the Congress.
Unfortunately, the House Democratic leadership has done nothing to fight crime
except for the omnibus District of Columbia crime bill.
President Nixon badly needs more support if he is going to turn America
around. He needs the help of sound-thinking men like Ken Robinson. Send Ken
Robinson to Congress. Add to the strength of responsible government in America.
# # #
Distribution 20 copies to m. Ford.
also AP
affice Copy
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M.--
Saturday, September 19, 1970
Excerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, Republican Leader, U.S. House of
Representatives, at a dinner for J. Kenneth Robinson, Republican Candidate
for Congress, Saturday evening, Sept. 19, 1970, at Harrisonburg, Va.
Our congressional candidate, J. Kenneth Robinson, is a staunch supporter of
economy in government. He is pledged to hold down government spending--to back
up every effort by President Nixon to hold Federal spending in check. Now, why
is this?
Ken Robinson knows that years of increasing government costs with an
uncontrolled $25 billion in Federal red-ink spending in 1968 produced a nearly
runaway inflation in this country--inflation that hurt us all and hit farmers and
old folks on fixed incomes the hardest.
We have got to stop spending more than we take in at the Federal level. If
we fail to keep government spending within revenues, the price for the American
people will be catastrophic in the end.
The big spenders in Congress cause inflation. Their over-spending pushes
up the price of everything. And yet they pretend to be the friends of the people.
Their generosity with the taxpayers' dollars puts an ever-increasing burden on
generations yet to come and requires an ever-increasing appropriation just to pay
the interest on the national debt. In fact, the interest we now pay on the national
debt is a major government expense--second only to spending for national defense.
Today President Nixon and Republicans in Congress are locked in battle with
the big spenders. It's a fight to control inflation. We know whose side Ken
Robinson is on. Send him to Congress where he can help me and the President fight
the big spenders, the radical liberals who vote for every spending bill they can
trot out.
Now let me tell you that we have turned the corner on inflation in spite of
the big spenders. We are making progress against inflation, and at the same time
the economy is in the early stages of an upswing.
If there is any segment of the economy which deserves greater rewards in
terms of performance it is agriculture.
Everyone will agree that one of the basic defects in the economy today is a
failure to achieve substantial gains in industrial productivity in recent years
(more)
By contrast, the American farmer's record of productivity is nothing short of
fabulous, and it continues on the increase.
Productivity has risen faster in agriculture than in any other sector of the
economy. In the past two decades alone, farm output per manhour has almost
quadrupled, while nonfarm productivity has just about doubled.
So I am pleased that the Nation's farmers fared quite well in 1969 but I
would like to see them do much better. Last year, despite a sharp rise in pro-
duction costs, farm operators posted an 8 per cent increase in realized net income.
Total net farm income was $16 billion, based on substantial gains in both marketing
receipts and government payments. I hope the new farm bill will be a plus.
How can the farmer do better? One way is to make himself more friends in
Congress. The farmer needs a stronger voice in Congress. He needs farm men like
J. Kenneth Robinson in the U.S. House of Representatives. Not only is Ken a highly
successful farmer himself, but he is the kind of farmer who can sell urban
congressmen on the importance of a healthy and prosperous agriculture.
We are making progress under the Nixon Administration on the problems of the
farmer and the problems of all the people.
We are moving toward peace in Vietnam despite the tactics of the congressional
sellout crowd. Vietnamization is ahead of schedule, and we will end our front-line
ground combat role in South Vietnam by next May.
The situation in the Middle East is tenuous, but at least the Nixon
Administration has produced a cease-fire there. Administration initiative in the
Middle East has averted a possible confrontation there with the Soviet Union. We
must now move cautiously ahead in the hope of working out a peace settlement.
These are only a few Administration pluses kind of progress that has
been produced by policies backed by J. Kenneth Robinson.
We are making progress in fighting crime, too--no thanks to the week-kneed
libertarians in the Congress.
The Administration has struck strong blows against organized crime, staging
massive raids on narcotics traffickers and producing shock waves felt throughout
the underworld.
The Administration has also sent 13 major anti-crime bills to the Congress.
Unfortunately, the House Democratic leadership has done nothing to fight crime
except for the omnibus District of Columbia crime bill.
President Nixon badly needs more support if he is going to turn America
around. He needs the help of sound-thinking men like Ken Robinson. Send Ken
Robinson to Congress. Add to the strength of responsible government in America.
# # #