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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D32, folder \"Clarion County Republican\nDinner, New Bethlehem, PA, October 26, 1971\" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press\nSecretary and Speech File at the 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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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 u/ m Fod mly\nOffice Copy\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 6 p.m. TUESDAY--\nOctober 26, 1971\nExcerpts from a speech at the Clarion County (Pa.) Republican Dinner at\nNew Bethlehem, Pa.\nIn all of the oratory and flowery rhetoric that mark the political scene,\nthere are times when we encounter moments of truth.\nSuch a moment occurred Oct. 6 in New York City, when Sen. Edmund S. Muskie\nof Maine, the leading candidate for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination,\naddressed a Liberal Party dinner attended by confessed-Democrat Mayor John Lindsay\nand that perennial presidential candidate Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota.\nI might say that John Lindsay is no longer a member of any organized political\nparty--now that he is a Democrat.\nBut to get to the moment of truth. That came when Sen. Muskie told the\nadherents of the Liberal Party: \"The blunt truth is that liberals have achieved\nvirtually no fundamental change in our society since the end of the New Deal.\"\nSen. Muskie was, of course, speaking the truth--and for that I congratulate\nhim. He was saying what I and other Republicans have asserted for years to vast\naudiences of disbelievers who are descendants of the New Deal and disciples of its\nliberal philosophy: American liberals have failed to solve this Nation's major\nproblems.\nAs a matter of fact, American liberals have not only failed to solve our\nmajor problems, they have contributed to them. The liberals have not had a sound\nnew idea in three decades.\nThe Democratic Party has therefore become the party of the status quo--of\nstand-pattism--of the same tired old solutions to the same old problems.\nThe Republican Party has become the party of change. Change has swept\nthrough the Republican Party, ripping away the cobwebs of reaction and the\nresistance to reform.\nThe Republican Party has become the party of daring and imagination--the\nparty of welfare reform, the party of revenue sharing, the party of Federal\nGovernment overhaul, the party of a New Health Care Program for all the American\npeople, the party of Environmental Cleanup, the party with a New Economic Policy\n(more)\nDigitized from Box D32 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n-2-\nthat will put us on the path to new high growth in the economy and peacetime\nprosperity with stable prices.\nThe Republican Party is alive with new ideas and programs for meeting the\nneeds of the people, for improving the quality of life in America.\nDespite Democratic roadblocks to change, the Republican Party has brought\ngreat progress to the American people since taking control of the White House in\nJanuary 1969.\nDespite the fact that Richard Nixon was the first President since Zachary\nTaylor to enter office with Congress firmly in control of the opposition party,\nthe wheels of progress have been turning steadily and the record is there to prove\nit.\nIt was the Nixon Administration that reversed the course of the war in\nVietnam; that developed a new strategy for peace in the world centered around the\nNixon Doctrine; that reached agreement in principle with Russia on Berlin; that\nbrought about ratification of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; that entered\ninto serious negotiations with the Soviet Union on the limitation of strategic\narms (the SALT talks); that renounced biological weapons and the first use of\nchemical warfare; that achieved a treaty prohibiting the emplacement of nuclear\nweapons in the seabed; that reformed our draft laws to make them more equitable\nand began moving toward an all-volunteer Army; that reordered our national\npriorities by devoting a greater part of the Federal budget to human needs than\nto defense spending; that pushed through major reforms in the postal system, in\nthe executive office of the President, and in many other areas of the Federal\nbureaucracy; that achieved the most significant improvements in the history of\nunemployment insurance; that acted to protect the environment by creating a new\nCouncil on Environmental Quality and a new Environmental Protection Agency; that\nwon passage of legislation to improve on-the-job safety for America's working men\nand women; that got a reluctant Congress to adopt legislation for a stepped-up\nfight against organized crime and the drug menace.\nNow we look to the future. We look for more progress--progress toward peace,\nand progress toward prosperity in peacetime.\nWe know that the President's New Economic Policy is working--that the\nprice-wage freeze is working. Wholesale prices dropped in September for the first\ntime in 10 months. The drop was the biggest in seven years. And the price of\n(more)\n-3-\nindustrial commodities dropped for the first time in four years.\nThe President is proving that his New Economic Policy can work-that\nGovernment can work.\nRepublicans want to reform government itself--so that instead of sliding\nfurther into muscle-bound ineffectiveness it at last can bridge the gap between\npromise and performance.\nThere is congressional opposition to the President's key reform programs--\nwelfare reform, revenue sharing, and reorganization of Federal Government cabinet\ndepartments.\nBut the American people want these reforms--and the people will be heard.\nThe American people have found a voice--in the Republican Party. The\nAmerican people are finding solutions to their problems and the Republican Party\nis providing those solutions. Through the Republican Party, the American people\nwill find their way to new greatness as we move through the decade of the Seventies.\n###\n20 Copies a/ Mr Fnd only\na office Copy\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 6 p.m. TUESDAY--\nOctober 26, 1971\nExcerpts from a speech at the Clarion County (Pa.) Republican Dinner at\nNew Bethlehem, Pa.\nIn all of the oratory and flowery rhetoric that mark the political scene,\nthere are times when we encounter moments of truth.\nSuch a moment occurred Oct. 6 in New York City, when Sen. Edmund S. Muskie\nof Maine, the leading candidate for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination,\naddressed a Liberal Party dinner attended by confessed-Democrat Mayor John Lindsay\nand that perennial presidential candidate Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota.\nI might say that John Lindsay is no longer a member of any organized political\nparty--now that he is a Democrat.\nBut to get to the moment of truth. That came when Sen. Muskie told the\nadherents of the Liberal Party: \"The blunt truth is that liberals have achieved\nvirtually no fundamental change in our society since the end of the New Deal.\"\nSen. Muskie was, of course, speaking the truth--and for that I congratulate\nhim. He was saying what I and other Republicans have asserted for years to vast\naudiences of disbelievers who are descendants of the New Deal and disciples of its\nliberal philosophy: American liberals have failed to solve this Nation's major\nproblems.\nAs a matter of fact, American liberals have not only failed to solve our\nmajor problems, they have contributed to them. The liberals have not had a sound\nnew idea in three decades.\nThe Democratic Party has therefore become the party of the status quo--of\nstand-pattism--of the same tired old solutions to the same old problems.\nThe Republican Party has become the party of change. Change has swept\nthrough the Republican Party, ripping away the cobwebs of reaction and the\nresistance to reform.\nThe Republican Party has become the party of daring and imagination--the\nparty of welfare reform, the party of revenue sharing, the party of Federal\nGovernment overhaul, the party of a New Health Care Program for all the American\npeople, the party of Environmental Cleanup, the party with a New Economic Policy\n(more)\n-2-\nthat will put us on the path to new high growth in the economy and peacetime\nprosperity with stable prices.\nThe Republican Party is alive with new ideas and programs for meeting the\nneeds of the people, for improving the quality of life in America.\nDespite Democratic roadblocks to change, the Republican Party has brought\ngreat progress to the American people since taking control of the White House in\nJanuary 1969.\nDespite the fact that Richard Nixon was the first President since Zachary\nTaylor to enter office with Congress firmly in control of the opposition party,\nthe wheels of progress have been turning steadily and the record is there to prove\nit.\nIt was the Nixon Administration that reversed the course of the war in\nVietnam; that developed a new strategy for peace in the world centered around the\nNixon Doctrine; that reached agreement in principle with Russia on Berlin; that\nbrought about ratification of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; that entered\ninto serious negotiations with the Soviet Union on the limitation of strategic\narms (the SALT talks); that renounced biological weapons and the first use of\nchemical warfare; that achieved a treaty prohibiting the emplacement of nuclear\nweapons in the seabed; that reformed our draft laws to make them more equitable\nand began moving toward an all-volunteer Army; that reordered our national\npriorities by devoting a greater part of the Federal budget to human needs than\nto defense spending; that pushed through major reforms in the postal system, in\nthe executive office of the President, and in many other areas of the Federal\nbureaucracy; that achieved the most significant improvements in the history of\nunemployment insurance; that acted to protect the environment by creating a new\nCouncil on Environmental Quality and a new Environmental Protection Agency; that\nwon passage of legislation to improve on-the-job safety for America's working men\nand women; that got a reluctant Congress to adopt legislation for a stepped-up\nfight against organized crime and the drug menace.\nNow we look to the future. We look for more progress--progress toward peace,\nand progress toward prosperity in peacetime.\nWe know that the President's New Economic Policy is working--that the\nprice-wage freeze is working. Wholesale prices dropped in September for the first\ntime in 10 months. The drop was the biggest in seven years. And the price of\n(more)\n-3-\nindustrial commodities dropped for the first time in four years.\nThe President is proving that his New Economic Policy can work-that\nGovernment can work.\nRepublicans want to reform government itself--so that instead of sliding\nfurther into muscle-bound ineffectiveness it at last can bridge the gap between\npromise and performance.\nThere is congressional opposition to the President's key reform programs--\nwelfare reform, revenue sharing, and reorganization of Federal Government cabinet\ndepartments.\nBut the American people want these reforms--and the people will be heard.\nThe American people have found a voice--in the Republican Party. The\nAmerican people are finding solutions to their problems--and the Republican Party\nis providing those solutions. Through the Republican Party, the American people\nwill find their way to new greatness as we move through the decade of the Seventies.\n###"
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