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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D32, folder \"GOP National Leadership\nConference, Washington, DC, March 3, 1972\" 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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nDigitized from Box D32 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nGOP NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE,\nWASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL, WASH., D.C.\nFRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1972.\nIT IS IT NOT THAT I HAVE BEEN SWEPT\nUP IN THE CHINA TRIP EUPHORIA, BUT FROM\nWHERE I STAND I LOOK UPON 1972 WITH A\nGREAT SENSE OF CONFIDENCE IN TERMS OF THE\nOUTLOOK FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THE\nNATION AND THE WORLD.\nLOOKING FIRST AT THE SITUATION\nIN CONGRESS AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE HOUSE\nI COULD SPEND THE NEXT FEW MINUTES\nCRITICIZING THE DEMOCRATS FOR NOT MOVING\nMORE QUICKLY ON WELFARE REFORM, FEDERAL\nREVENUE SHARING, HEALTH CARE, AND\nREORGANIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.\nBUT I WON'T\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nI COULD ALSO FIND FAULT WITH\nTHE DEMOCRATS FOR NOT SIGNING,\n-2-\nIN MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF NUMBERS,\nA LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT BACKING THE\nPEACE PROPOSAL HE REVEALED ON JANUARY 25.\nBUT I WON'T.\nI WILL NOT ENGAGE IN THE KIND\nOF CARPING CRITICISM INDULGED IN DAILY\nBY THE DEMOCRATS -- BECAUSE TIME AND TIDE\nARE ON OUR SIDE.\nPRESIDENT NIXON'S AGENDA FOR\nAMERICA HIS AGENDA OF PEACE AND\nPROSPERITY, IS MOVING AHEAD. I BELIEVE\nTHE PRESIDENT HAS AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER\nOF AMERICANS BEHIND HIM WITH EVERY\nIMAGINATIVE INITIATIVE HE HAS TAKEN TO\nBUILD PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN THE\nSEVENTIES. I SPEAK NOT ONLY OF HIS\nSENSATIONAL SURPRISE, THE UNPRECEDENTED\nEVENT OF HIS TRIP TO CHINA -- FROM WHICH\nWE KNOW ALL THE WORLD HAS GAINED AND\nGERALD\n-3-\nTHE CAUSE OF WORLD PEACE HAS MOVED\nFORWARD. I SPEAK ALSO OF THE PRESIDENT'S\nFORCEFUL ACTS TO BRING PRICE STABILITY\nTO OUR ECONOMY AND FRESH ONGOING IMPETUS\nTO OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH\nI DO NOT DESPAIR ABOUT THE\nPRESIDENT'S MAJOR MEASURES IN THE CONGRESS,\nBECAUSE THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE\nPEOPLE. THIS MEANS THESE BILLS EITHER\nWILL BE ADOPTED THIS YEAR -- AND I BELIEVE\nMOST OF THEM WILL BE -- OR THEY WILL\nBECOME ISSUES THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY\nWILL TAKE TO THE VOTERS THIS FALL.\nTHE DEMOCRATS KNOW THAT THE\nADMINISTRATION?S MAJOR MEASURES ENJOY\nPOPULAR BACKING, AND SO THEY WILL ACT\nACCORDINGLY. FOR THE MOST PART THEY WILL\nSEEK TO RESHAPE THEM AND TO TAKE THE\nCREDIT FOR THEIR ENACTMENT. BUT I FEEL SURE\n-4-\nTHE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER WHO\nTHE AUTHOR OF THIS LEGISLATION ACTUALLY\nWAS.\nI FEEL SURE, TOO, THAT THE\nAMERICAN PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE IN THIS\nELECTION YEAR WHO THE TRUE PEACEMAKER\nIS IN AMERICA. AND THEIR VOTE WILL NOT\nGO TO ONE WHO REJECTED PRESIDENT NIXON'S\nVIETNAM PEACE PROPOSAL BEFORE THE NORTH\nVIETNAMESE DID AND THEN FOLLOWED UP BY\nURGING A PEACE SETTLEMENT ON THE ENEMY'S\nTERMS.\nAT HIS JANUARY 1969 INAUGURAL,\nRICHARD NIXON SAID: \"THE GREATEST HONOR\nHISTORY CAN BESTOW IS THE TITLE OF\nPEACEMAKER.\" I AM CERTAIN THE AMERICAN\nPEOPLE WILL BESTOW THAT TITLE ON OUR\nPRESIDENT. NO MAN HAS WORKED HARDER TO\nDEVELOP INITIATIVES TOWARD THAT GOAL\n-\nFORD & LIBRARY GERAL\n-5-\nAT THE SALT TALKS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA\nTHROUGH DE-ESCALATION, VIETNAMIZATION AND\nNEGOTIATIONS, IN MIDDLE EAST PROPOSALS,\nAND IN THE CHINA DOOR-OPENING. NEVER HAS\nA PRESIDENT BEEN SO HAMPERED BY DOMESTIC\nPOLITICAL CARPING, AND YET MANAGED TO\nTAKE SUCH GIANT STRIDES TOWARD WORLD PEACE\nAND STABILITY.\nAS I SAID AT THE OUTSET, I AM\nOPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE\nREPUBLICAN PARTY, THE NATION AND THE WORLD.\nI BELIEVE IN 1972 THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL\nSEE THE VIRTUAL END OF THIS COUNTRY'S\nINVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM.\nI\nBELIEVE\nPRESIDENT NIXON'S NEW ECONOMIC POLICY\nWILL HAVE BROUGHT INFLATION LARGELY UNDER\nCONTROL. I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT'S\nSTRONG MEDICINE TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY\nWILL PROVIDE MORE JOBS AND CUT UNEMPLOYMENT\n-6-\nI BELIEVE WE WILL SEE THE TURNING POINT\nIN THE BATTLE TO CONTROL DRUG ADDICTION\nTHANKS TO THE PRESIDENT'S WAR AGAINST\nDRUG ABUSE.\nALL THIS HAS COME ABOUT BECAUSE\nWE HAVE RESPONSIVE AND CREATIVE LEADERSHIP\nAT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. WE HAVE A GREAT\nNATIONAL LEADER IN RICHARD NIXON.\nTHE THEME OF THIS GATHERING IS\n\"TOGETHER\nAGAIN.\"\nLET US GO FORWARD TOGETHER\nTOWARD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JUST AND\nSTABLE PEACE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF\nRICHARD NIXON.\nLET US GO FORWARD TOGETHER IN\nDEVELOPING A GENUINE PEACETIME PROSPERITY.\nLET US GO FORWARD TOGETHER TO\nBUILD PROGRAMS WHICH RECOGNIZE THE NEEDS\nAND ASPIRATIONS OF A DYNAMIC PEOPLE IN A\nTIME OF CHANGE.\n-7-\nLET US RECOGNIZE THAT UNDER THE\nEXCITING LEADERSHIP OF RICHARD NIXON WE\nARE TAKING PART IN ONE OF THE GREAT\nMOMENTS OF HISTORY. AND SO WE GO FORWARD\nTOGETHER.\n--END--\nFORD i LIBRARY DERALD\ndistribution 50 Copies w/Mr. w/Mo. Fouly M Office Copy\nREMARKS BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.\nREPUBLICAN LEADER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\nAT A GOP NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE\nWASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL\nWASHINGTON, D. C.\nFRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1972\nFOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. FRIDAY\nIt is not that I have been swept up in the China trip euphoria, but from\nwhere I stand I look upon 1972 with a great sense of confidence in terms of the\noutlook for the Republican Party, the Nation and the world.\nLooking first at the situation in Congress and specifically in the House, I\ncould spend the next few minutes criticizing the Democrats for not moving more\nquickly on welfare reform, Federal revenue sharing, health care, and reorganization\nof the Federal Government. But I won't.\nI could also find fault with the Democrats for not signing in more than a\nhandful of numbers a letter to the President backing the peace proposal he\nrevealed on Jan. 25. But I won't.\nI will not engage in the kind of carping criticism indulged in daily by\nthe Democrats--because time and tide are on our side.\nPresident Nixon's agenda for America, his agenda of peace and prosperity,\nis moving ahead. I believe the President has an overwhelming number of Americans\nbehind him with every imaginative initiative he has taken to build peace and\nprosperity in the Seventies. I speak not only of his sensational surprise, the\nunprecedented event of his trip to China--from which we know all the world has\ngained and the cause of world peace has moved forward. I speak also of the\nPresident's forceful acts to bring price stability to our economy and fresh ongoing\nimpetus to our economic growth.\nI do not despair about the President's major measures in the Congress,\nbecause they have the support of the people. This means these bills either will\nbe adopted this year--and I believe most of them will be--or they will become\nissues that the Republican Party will take to the voters this fall.\nThe Democrats know that the Administration's major measures enjoy popular\nbacking, and so they will act accordingly. For the most part they will seek to\n(more)\n-2-\nreshape them and to take the credit for their enactment. But I feel sure the\nAmerican people will remember who the author of this legislation actually was.\nI feel sure, too, that the American people will recognize in this election\nyear who the true peacemaker is in America. And their vote will not go to one who\nrejected President Nixon's Vietnam peace proposal before the North Vietnamese did\nand then followed up by urging a peace settlement on the enemy's terms.\nAt his January 1969 inaugural, Richard Nixon said: \"The greatest honor\nhistory can bestow is the title of peacemaker.\" I am certain the American people\nwill bestow that title on our President. No man has worked harder to develop\ninitiatives toward that goal-at the SALT talks, in Southeast Asia through\nde-escalation, Vietnamization and negotiations, in Middle East proposals, and in\nthe China door-opening. Never has a President been so hampered by domestic\npolitical carping, and yet managed to take such giant strides toward world peace\nand stability.\nAs I said at the outset, I am optimistic about the future of the Republican\nParty, the Nation and the world. I believe in 1972 the American people will see\nthe virtual end of this country's involvement in Vietnam. I believe President\nNixon's New Economic Policy will have brought inflation largely under control. I\nbelieve the President's strong medicine to stimulate the economy will provide more\njobs and cut unemployment. I believe we will see the turning point in the battle to\ncontrol drug addiction, thanks to the President's war against drug abuse.\nAll this has come about because we have responsive and creative leadership at\nthe national level. We have a great national leader in Richard Nixon.\nThe theme of this gathering is \"Together Again. \"\nLet us go forward together toward the establishment of a just and stable\npeace under the leadership of Richard Nixon.\nLet us go forward together in developing a genuine peacetime prosperity.\nLet us go forward together to build programs which recognize the needs and\naspirations of a dynamic people in a time of change.\nLet us recognize that under the exciting leadership of Richard Nixon we are\ntaking part in one of the great moments of history. And so we go forward together.\n# # #\n50 capies w/ Mr. F. only\na Office Copy\nREMARKS BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.\nREPUBLICAN LEADER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\nAT A GOP NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE\nWASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL\nWASHINGTON, D. C.\nFRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1972\nFOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 9:30 A.M. FRIDAY\nIt is not that I have been swept up in the China trip euphoria, but from\nwhere I stand I look upon 1972 with a great sense of confidence in terms of the\noutlook for the Republican Party, the Nation and the world.\nLooking first at the situation in Congress and specifically in the House, I\ncould spend the next few minutes criticizing the Democrats for not moving more\nquickly on welfare reform, Federal revenue sharing, health care, and reorganization\nof the Federal Government. But I won't.\nI could also find fault with the Democrats for not signing in more than a\nhandful of numbers a letter to the President backing the peace proposal he\nrevealed on Jan. 25. But I won't.\nI will not engage in the kind of carping criticism indulged in daily by\nthe Democrats--because time and tide are on our side.\nPresident Nixon's agenda for America, his agenda of peace and prosperity,\nis moving ahead. I believe the President has an overwhelming number of Americans\nbehind him with every imaginative initiative he has taken to build peace and\nprosperity in the Seventies. I speak not only of his sensational surprise, the\nunprecedented event of his trip to China--from which we know all the world has\ngained and the cause of world peace has moved forward. I speak also of the\nPresident's forceful acts to bring price stability to our economy and fresh ongoing\nimpetus to our economic growth.\nI do not despair about the President's major measures in the Congress,\nbecause they have the support of the people. This means these bills either will\nbe adopted this year--and I believe most of them will be--or they will become\nissues that the Republican Party will take to the voters this fall.\nThe Democrats know that the Administration's major measures enjoy popular\nbacking, and so they will act accordingly. For the most part they will seek to\n(more)\n-2-\nreshape them and to take the credit for their enactment. But I feel sure the\nAmerican people will remember who the author of this legislation actually was.\nI feel sure, too, that the American people will recognize in this election\nyear who the true peacemaker is in America. And their vote will not go to one who\nrejected President Nixon's Vietnam peace proposal before the North Vietnamese did\nand then followed up by urging a peace settlement on the enemy's terms.\nAt his January 1969 inaugural, Richard Nixon said: \"The greatest honor\nhistory can bestow is the title of peacemaker.\" I am certain the American people\nwill bestow that title on our President. No man has worked harder to develop\ninitiatives toward that goal-at the SALT talks, in Southeast Asia through\nde-escalation, Vietnamization and negotiations, in Middle East proposals, and in\nthe China door-opening. Never has a President been so hampered by domestic\npolitical carping, and yet managed to take such giant strides toward world peace\nand stability.\nAs I said at the outset, I am optimistic about the future of the Republican\nParty, the Nation and the world. I believe in 1972 the American people will see\nthe virtual end of this country's involvement in Vietnam. I believe President\nNixon's New Economic Policy will have brought inflation largely under control. I\nbelieve the President's strong medicine to stimulate the economy will provide more\njobs and cut unemployment. I believe we will see the turning point in the battle to\ncontrol drug addiction, thanks to the President's war against drug abuse.\nAll this has come about because we have responsive and creative leadership at\nthe national level. We have a great national leader in Richard Nixon.\nThe theme of this gathering is \"Together Again. \"\nLet us go forward together toward the establishment of a just and stable\npeace under the leadership of Richard Nixon.\nLet us go forward together in developing a genuine peacetime prosperity.\nLet us go forward together to build programs which recognize the needs and\naspirations of a dynamic people in a time of change.\nLet us recognize that under the exciting leadership of Richard Nixon we are\ntaking part in one of the great moments of history. And so we go forward together.\n# # #"
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