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The original documents are located in Box D32, folder "Rally, Manchester, NH, March 3,
1972" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box D32 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
NEW HAMPSHIRE RALLY, MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1972.
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I'M REALLY GLAD TO BE IN
NEW HAMPSHIRE. AFTER THE MILD WEATHER
THE 1 AND
WE'VE HAD IN WASHINGTON, 1' VE FORGOTTEN
WHAT WINTER IS LIKE.
IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS I' VE BEEN
TRAVELLING AROUND THE COUNTRY GIVING A
SPEECH ENTITLED "1971 -- YEAR OF
SURPRISES." YES, THE PRESIDENT SURPRISED
A FEW PEOPLE LAST YEAR, AND I'LL BET
NOBODY WAS MORE SURPRISED THAN THE
DEMOCRATS.
THE DEMOCRATS NOW ARE LOOKING
SO HARD FOR AN ISSUE, THEY'VE GONE BACK TO
DIGGING UP THE NEW DEAL. SERIOUSLY, WHEN
THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD DEAL WITH
UNEMPLOYMENT EVERYTHING THEY SAY SOUNDS
FORD & LIBRARY 39
-2-
SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE THE W.P.A.
LISTEN TO ALL OF THE
HALF-ASPIRANTS FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. THEY DON'T
REALLY HAVE A PROGRAM OF ANY KIND. IT'S
MORE LIKE AN X-RATED MOVIE. YOU NEVER
KNOW WHAT'S COMING OFF NEXT.
THE OTHER DAY AN ADMINISTRATION
SPOKESMAN SAID, "WE ARE POSITIVE THE
NATION IS ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY."
A DEMOCRATIC SPOKESMAN REPLIED. "ONLY
FOOLS ARE POSITIVE." THE REPUBLICAN SAID,
"ARE YOU SURE?" AND THE DEMOCRAT REPLIED,
"I'M POSITIVE."
THE DEMOCRATS ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE ISSUES, OF COURSE, JUST AS WE
ARE. DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO IS SO WORRIED
FORD
ABOUT AIR POLLUTION THAT HE CANCELLED HIS
LIBRARY
NEXT SIX SPEECHES?
-3-
THERE ARE REALLY ONLY TWO MAJOR
ISSUES IN THIS MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION
YEAR OF 1972. THOSE ISSUES ARE PEACE AND
PROSPERITY. AND THAT SUMS UP THE
PRESIDENT'S AGENDA FOR THE NATION -- PEACE
AND PROSPERITY
THE TRUTH IS THE PRESIDENT
ALREADY HAS MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS
TOWARD THOSE GOALS OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY
AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE AHEAD. THERE
IS ONE TRUTH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GET
THROUGH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN 1972
AND THAT IS THE GREAT RECORD OF THE
NIXON ADMINISTRATION -- BECAUSE IT IS A
GREAT RECORD. LET'S LOOK AT IT.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT REVERSED THE COURSE OF THE VIETNAM
WAR AND IS ENDING U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN THAT
WAR IN AN HONORABLE WAY.
-4-
IT IS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT BROUGHT ABOUT A CEASE-FIRE IN THE
MIDDLE EAST AND HAS HELPED PREVENT A
FRESH OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING THERE.
IT IS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT IS ENGAGED IN STRATEGIC ARMS
LIMITATION TALKS WITH THE SOVIET UNION --
TALKS THAT PROMISE A NEAR-FUTURE AGREEMENT.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT REACHED AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE WITH
THE SOVIET UNION ON ACCESS TO BERLIN.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT BROUGHT ABOUT RATIFICATION OF THE
NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT RENOUNCED BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AND THE
FIRST USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT ACHIEVED A TREATY PROHIBITING THE
EMPLACEMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE
WORLD'S SEABEDS.
BERALD R. FORD VIBRARY
-5-
IT IS PRESIDENT NIXON WHO
TRANSFORMED THE WORLD SCENE FROM ONE OF
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE MAJOR POWERS
TO ONE OF NEGOTIATION -- WHO HAS BEEN IN
CHINA ON A MISSION FOR PEACE
IT IS PRESIDENT NIXON WHO HAS
DEVELOPED A NEW STRATEGY FOR PEACE IN THE
WORLD CENTERED AROUND THE DOCTRINE OF
HELPING THOSE NATIONS WILLING TO HELP
THEMSELVES.
THESE OF COURSE, ARE ALL ACTIONS
AIMED AT PROMOTING PEACE ABROAD. WHAT
ABOUT PROGRESS AT HOME ?
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT REORDERED OUR NATIONAL PRIORITIES
BY DEVOTING A GREATER PART OF THE FEDERAL
BUDGET TO HUMAN NEEDS THAN TO DEFENSE.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT ACHIEVED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
IMPROVEMENTS IN UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
IN OUR ENTIRE HISTORY.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
-6-
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT BROUGHT ABOUT A MASSIVE INCREASE IN
OUR MANPOWER PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE WORK
EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
OF ALL RACES.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT QUADRUPLED MINORITY HIRING FOR
GOVERNMENT JOBS IN HIGHER GRADES AND
EXPANDED AID TO MINORITY ENTERPRISES BY
MORE THAN HALF -- AND HAS SINCE PROPOSED
AN EVEN GREATER EXPANSION OF SUCH AID.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT TRIPLED FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR
THE NEEDY FROM $1.1 MILLION TO
$3.5 MILLION A YEAR.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
WHICH PROPOSED $1.5 BILLION IN FUNDING FOR
SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH A HIGH CONCENTRATION
OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND THE DOUBLING
OF AID TO BLACK COLLEGES.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
WHICH REFORMED OUR DRAFT LAWS TO MAKE
THEM MORE EQUITABLE AND BEGAN MOVING
TOWARD AN ALL-VOLUNTEER ARMY.
-7-
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT ACTED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT BY
CREATING A NEW COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY AND A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT WON PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE
ON-THE-JOB SAFETY FOR AMERICA'S WORKING
MEN AND WOMEN.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT PUT TOGETHER AN ORGANIZED ASSAULT
AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME AND TURNED THE
SYNDICATE INTO AN EMPIRE IN DEEP TROUBLE.
IT WAS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT TREBLED FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL
COMMUNITIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COURT
IMPROVEMENTS AND CUT BACK THE RISE IN
CRIME.
IT IS THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION
THAT HAS LAUNCHED THE MOST PROGRESSIVE
AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE FEDERAL ATTACK
ON DRUG ABUSE EVER UNDERTAKEN IN THE UNITED
STATES.
GERALD LISRARY FORD
-8-
NOW WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE. WE
LOOK FOR MORE PROGRESS -- PROGRESS TOWARD
PEACE AT HOME AND ABROAD AND PROGRESS
TOWARD PROSPERITY IN PEACETIME
WITH THE KIND OF LEADERSHIP WE
HAVE IN RICHARD NIXON WE CAN ACHIEVE
THAT PROGRESS.
WE CAN MOVE FORWARD
TOGETHER
--END--
GREATED FORD LIBRAET
20 capies to Mr J. only
a office Copy
REMARKS BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.
REPUBLICAN LEADER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AT A NEW HAMPSHIRE RALLY
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1972
FOR RELEASE AT 8 P.M. FRIDAY
I'm really glad to be in New Hampshire. After the mild weather we've had
in Washington, I've forgotten what winter is like.
In the last few weeks I've been travelling around the country giving a
speech entitled "1971--Year of Surprises." Yes, the President surprised a few
people last year, and I'll bet nobody was more surprised than the Democrats.
The Democrats now are looking so hard for an issue, they've gone back to
digging up the New Deal. Seriously, when they talk about how they would deal with
unemployment everything they say sounds suspiciously like the W.P.A.
Listen to all of the half-aspirants for the Democratic Presidential
nomination. They don't really have a program of any kind. It's more like an
X-rated movie. You never know what's coming off next.
The other day an Administration spokesman said, "We are positive the Nation
is on the road to prosperity." A Democratic spokesman replied. "Only fools are
positive." The Republican said, "Are you sure?" And the Democrat replied, "I'm
positive."
The Democrats are concerned about the issues, of course, just as we are.
Did you hear about the Democratic presidential candidate who is so worried about
air pollution that he cancelled his next six speeches?
There are really only two major issues in this most important election year
of 1972. Those issues are peace and prosperity. And that sums up the President's
agenda for the Nation--peace and prosperity.
The truth is the President already has made tremendous progress toward those
goals of peace and prosperity and we are continuing to move ahead. There is one
truth that I would like to see get through to the American people in 1972 and that
is the great record of the Nixon Administration--because it is a great record.
Let's look at it.
It was the Nixon Administration that reversed the course of the Vietnam War
and is ending U.S. involvement in that war in an honorable way.
(more)
-2-
It is the Nixon Administration that brought about a cease-fire in the Middle
East and has helped prevent a fresh outbreak of fighting there.
It is the Nixon Administration that is engaged in strategic arms limitation
talks with the Soviet Union--talks that promise a near-future agreement.
It was the Nixon Administration that reached agreement in principle with
the Soviet Union on access to Berlin.
It was the Nixon Administration that brought about ratification of the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
It was the Nixon Administration that renounced biological weapons and the
first use of chemical warfare.
It was the Nixon Administration that achieved a treaty prohibiting the
emplacement of nuclear weapons in the world's seabeds.
It is President Nixon who transformed the world scene from one of
confrontation between the major powers to one of negotiation-who has been in China
on a mission for peace.
It is President Nixon who has developed a new strategy for peace in the
world centered around the doctrine of helping those nations willing to help
themselves.
These, of course, are all actions aimed at promoting peace abroad. What
about progress at home?
It was the Nixon Administration that reordered our national priorities by
devoting a greater part of the Federal Budget to human needs than to defense.
It was the Nixon Administration that achieved the most significant improve-
ments in unemployment insurance in our entire history.
It was the Nixon Administration that brought about a massive increase in our
manpower programs to provide work experience and training for young people of all
races.
It was the Nixon Administration that quadrupled minority hiring for govern-
ment jobs in higher grades and expanded aid to minority enterprises by more than
half--and has since proposed an even greater expansion of such aid.
It was the Nixon Administration that tripled food assistance programs for
the needy from $1.1 million to $3.5 million a year.
It was the Nixon Administration which proposed $1.5 billion in funding for
school districts with a high concentration of low income families and the doubling
of aid to black colleges.
(more)
-3-
It was the Nixon Administration which reformed our draft laws to make them
more equitable and began moving toward an all-volunteer Army.
It was the Nixon Administration that acted to protect the environment by
creating a new Council on Environmental Quality and a new Environmental Protection
Agency.
It was the Nixon Administration that won passage of legislation to improve
on-the-job safety for America's working men and women.
It was the Nixon Administration that put together an organized assault
against organized crime and turned the syndicate into an empire in deep trouble.
It was the Nixon Administration that trebled Federal aid to local communities
for law enforcement and court improvements and cut back the rise in crime.
It is the Nixon Administration that has launched the most progressive and
most comprehensive Federal attack on drug abuse ever undertaken in the United
States.
Now we look to the future. We look for more progress--progress toward
peace at home and abroad, and progress toward prosperity in peacetime.
With the kind of leadership we have in Richard Nixon, we can achieve that
progress. We can move forward together.
# # #
distribution 20 Copies to Mr. Ford only Maffice Copy
REMARKS BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH.
REPUBLICAN LEADER, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AT A NEW HAMPSHIRE RALLY
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1972
FOR RELEASE AT 8 P.M. FRIDAY
I'm really glad to be in New Hampshire. After the mild weather we've had
in Washington, I've forgotten what winter is like.
In the last few weeks I've been travelling around the country giving a
speech entitled "1971--Year of Surprises." Yes, the President surprised a few
people last year, and I'll bet nobody was more surprised than the Democrats.
The Democrats now are looking so hard for an issue, they've gone back to
digging up the New Deal. Seriously, when they talk about how they would deal with
unemployment everything they say sounds suspiciously like the W.P.A.
Listen to all of the half-aspirants for the Democratic Presidential
nomination. They don't really have a program of any kind. It's more like an
X-rated movie. You never know what's coming off next.
The other day an Administration spokesman said, "We are positive the Nation
is on the road to prosperity." A Democratic spokesman replied. "Only fools are
positive." The Republican said, "Are you sure?" And the Democrat replied, "I'm
positive."
The Democrats are concerned about the issues, of course, just as we are.
Did you hear about the Democratic presidential candidate who is so worried about
air pollution that he cancelled his next six speeches?
There are really only two major issues in this most important election year
of 1972. Those issues are peace and prosperity. And that sums up the President's
agenda for the Nation--peace and prosperity.
The truth is the President already has made tremendous progress toward those
goals of peace and prosperity and we are continuing to move ahead. There is one
truth that I would like to see get through to the American people in 1972 and that
is the great record of the Nixon Administration--because it is a great record.
Let's look at it.
It was the Nixon Administration that reversed the course of the Vietnam War
and is ending U.S. involvement in that war in an honorable way.
(more)
-2-
It is the Nixon Administration that brought about a cease-fire in the Middle
East and has helped prevent a fresh outbreak of fighting there.
It is the Nixon Administration that is engaged in strategic arms limitation
talks with the Soviet Union--talks that promise a near-future agreement.
It was the Nixon Administration that reached agreement in principle with
the Soviet Union on access to Berlin.
It was the Nixon Administration that brought about ratification of the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
It was the Nixon Administration that renounced biological weapons and the
first use of chemical warfare.
It was the Nixon Administration that achieved a treaty prohibiting the
emplacement of nuclear weapons in the world's seabeds.
It is President Nixon who transformed the world scene from one of
confrontation between the major powers to one of negotiation--who has been in China
on a mission for peace.
It is President Nixon who has developed a new strategy for peace in the
world centered around the doctrine of helping those nations willing to help
themselves.
These, of course, are all actions aimed at promoting peace abroad. What
about progress at home?
It was the Nixon Administration that reordered our national priorities by
devoting a greater part of the Federal Budget to human needs than to defense.
It was the Nixon Administration that achieved the most significant improve-
ments in unemployment insurance in our entire history.
It was the Nixon Administration that brought about a massive increase in our
manpower programs to provide work experience and training for young people of all
races.
It was the Nixon Administration that quadrupled minority hiring for govern-
ment jobs in higher grades and expanded aid to minority enterprises by more than
half--and has since proposed an even greater expansion of such aid.
It was the Nixon Administration that tripled food assistance programs for
the needy from $1.1 million to $3.5 million a year.
It was the Nixon Administration which proposed $1.5 billion in funding for
school districts with a high concentration of low income families and the doubling
of aid to black colleges.
(more)
-3-
It was the Nixon Administration which reformed our draft laws to make them
more equitable and began moving toward an all-volunteer Army.
It was the Nixon Administration that acted to protect the environment by
creating a new Council on Environmental Quality and a new Environmental Protection
Agency.
It was the Nixon Administration that won passage of legislation to improve
on-the-job safety for America's working men and women.
It was the Nixon Administration that put together an organized assault
against organized crime and turned the syndicate into an empire in deep trouble.
It was the Nixon Administration that trebled Federal aid to local communities
for law enforcement and court improvements and cut back the rise in crime.
It is the Nixon Administration that has launched the most progressive and
most comprehensive Federal attack on drug abuse ever undertaken in the United
States.
Now we look to the future. We look for more progress--progress toward
peace at home and abroad, and progress toward prosperity in peacetime.
With the kind of leadership we have in Richard Nixon, we can achieve that
progress. We can move forward together.
# # #