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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D33, folder \"Monmouth County Republican\nCommittee Campaign Dinner, East Keansburg, NJ, October 13, 1972\" of the Ford\nCongressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential\nLibrary.\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 The Council donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nSpeech X East Keansburg, N. Jersey 10/13\nMonmouth County Repl. Comm. Campaign dir Didn't go\ndidnet Rep1. Congress go\na\nGERALD E FORD\nDigitized from Box D33 of The Ford Congressional Papers:\nPress Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n20 Capies with Mr. Ford only\nQ Office\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 7:45 P.M. FRIDAY--\nOctober 13, 1972\nExcerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford at a Monmouth County (N.J.)\nRepublican Committee Campaign Dinner at East Keansburg, N.J.\nWhile we set about the business of reelecting Richard Nixon President of\nthe United States, let's consider what it would mean if we could give him a\nRepublican Congress to work with.\nAs you know, the President has had tremendous success in foreign affairs,\nwhere he is pretty much free to operate without the hindrance of an opposition\nCongress. Just think what he could do in solving problems at home if he had a\nCongress that would work with him, a Congress that would support his efforts and\nhelp him to succeed rather than seek his defeat.\nThis is why it is so vitally important that you elect Bill Dowd and\nother men like him to the U. S. House of Representatives. We desperately need men\nlike Bill as part of the Republican team. Again I ask you to think. Think what a\ngreat improvement Bill would be over the gentleman now occupying this district's\nseat in Congress.\nWe need men like Bill Dowd in Congress\nTo make sure the President's economic policies are carried forward next\nyear.\nTo help the President avoid a Federal income tax increase by helping him\nhold down Federal spending.\nTo help the President make the war on inflation more effective in the\nfuture.\nTo help the Nixon Administration clean up the Nation's air and water.\nTo help the President write his Federal reorganization plans into law\nand save the taxpayers billions of dollars.\nTo rid the country of the present scandalous welfare system and replace\nit with a workfare system.\nYou are Republicans because the Republican Party is trying to correct what's\nwrong with America without losing sight of what's right with America. I ask you\ntonight to help the voters of this district decide who to stand with--the doers or\nthe booers. Get solidly behind your own doer--Bill Dowd.\n(more)\n-2-\nWe need a Republican Congress to work with the President in the next four\nyears to solve the Nation's pressing domestic problems. This is something you\nshould be able to sell to the voters if you'll only take the truth to them in this\ncampaign.\nLet's point out that the American working man and woman is making solid\ngains under President Nixon's economic program. Let's point out that real wages\nare going up at the rate of 4.5 per cent a year for all production workers in\ncontrast with the four years before Richard Nixon entered the White House, years\nwhen real spendable earnings dropped for all American workers despite heavy\nincreases in paper wages.\nLet's point out that the cost of living rose only 0.2 per cent in August\nwhile workers' take-home pay made the biggest one-month gain in eight years--that\nthe rise in living costs for the past 12 months was at a rate of 2.9 per cent as\ncompared with a 6.1 per cent rise when the President came into office.\nLet's point out that the President has generated an upsurge in the economy\nwhich has pushed total employment to nearly 82 million. That's an alltime record.\nWe have created 2.6 million new jobs in just the last 12 months. That's the\ngreatest job creation in a 12-month period since the end of World War II.\nLet's point out, too, that President Nixon and a Republican Congress\nrepresent the voters' best hope of keeping the McGovernites and all the rest of\nthe social experimenters from taxing them into the poor house.\nThe President has laid it on the line. Federal spending must be held down\nif we are to avoid a Federal tax increase. But the Democrats, who busted the budget\nin the first place, keep trying to put the monkey on the President's back instead\nof cooperating with him. They are just playing politics--pure and simple, and\nmostly simple.\nThe public has a big stake in electing a Republican Congress. It's the\nAmerican people's only hope of holding down Federal spending and avoiding a tax\nincrease.\nNow let me say something about the Federal reorganization plans the\nDemocrats have blocked. I'm personally convinced those reorganization plans, which\nthe Democrats have bottled up, would save the taxpayers billions of dollars. After\nall, right now we have more than 1,000 Federal programs, including 172 housing\nprograms handled by 16 agencies and 32 sub-agencies and 440 education programs\nunder 31 agencies and 53 bureaus.\nThe President wants to bring like-programs under one roof and wipe out the\nwaste but the Democratic Congress won't help him. That's another reason America\nneeds a Republican Congress.\nSo sound the alarm. Get your organization geared up. And work your fingers\nto the bone for Bill Dowd and the election of a Republican Congress. We need\nRichard Nixon--yes; and we also need a Republican team to back him if we are to\ngive America the sound government it deserves.\n# # #\nDistribution 20 copies of Mr. Ford orly Office Copy\nCONGRESSMAN\nNEWS\nGERALD R. FORD\nHOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER\nRELEASE\n--FOR RELEASE AT 7:45 P.M. FRIDAY--\nOctober 13, 1972\nExcerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford at a Monmouth County (N.J.)\nRepublican Committee Campaign Dinner at East Keansburg, N.J.\nWhile we set about the business of reelecting Richard Nixon President of\nthe United States, let's consider what it would mean if we could give him a\nRepublican Congress to work with.\nAs you know, the President has had tremendous success in foreign affairs,\nwhere he is pretty much free to operate without the hindrance of an opposition\nCongress. Just think what he could do in solving problems at home if he had a\nCongress that would work with him, a Congress that would support his efforts and\nhelp him to succeed rather than seek his defeat.\nThis is why it is so vitally important that you elect Bill Dowd and\nother men like him to the U. S. House of Representatives. We desperately need men\nlike Bill as part of the Republican team. Again I ask you to think. Think what a\ngreat improvement Bill would be over the gentleman now occupying this district's\nseat in Congress.\nWe need men like Bill Dowd in Congress\nTo make sure the President's economic policies are carried forward next\nyear.\nTo help the President avoid a Federal income tax increase by helping him\nhold down Federal spending.\nTo help the President make the war on inflation more effective in the\nfuture.\nTo help the Nixon Administration clean up the Nation's air and water.\nTo help the President write his Federal reorganization plans into law\nand save the taxpayers billions of dollars.\nTo rid the country of the present scandalous welfare system and replace\nit with a workfare system.\nYou are Republicans because the Republican Party is trying to correct what's\nwrong with America without losing sight of what's right with America. I ask you\ntonight to help the voters of this district decide who to stand with--the doers or\nthe booers. Get solidly behind your own doer--Bill Dowd.\n(more)\n-2-\nWe need a Republican Congress to work with the President in the next four\nyears to solve the Nation's pressing domestic problems. This is something you\nshould be able to sell to the voters if you'll only take the truth to them in this\ncampaign.\nLet's point out that the American working man and woman is making solid\ngains under President Nixon's economic program. Let's point out that real wages\nare going up at the rate of 4.5 per cent a year for all production workers in\ncontrast with the four years before Richard Nixon entered the White House, years\nwhen real spendable earnings dropped for all American workers despite heavy\nincreases in paper wages.\nLet's point out that the cost of living rose only 0.2 per cent in August\nwhile workers' take-home pay made the biggest one-month gain in eight years--that\nthe rise in living costs for the past 12 months was at a rate of 2.9 per cent as\ncompared with a 6.1 per cent rise when the President came into office.\nLet's point out that the President has generated an upsurge in the economy\nwhich has pushed total employment to nearly 82 million. That's an alltime record.\nWe have created 2.6 million new jobs in just the last 12 months. That's the\ngreatest job creation in a 12-month period since the end of World War II.\nLet's point out, too, that President Nixon and a Republican Congress\nrepresent the voters' best hope of keeping the McGovernites and all the rest of\nthe social experimenters from taxing them into the poor house.\nThe President has laid it on the line. Federal spending must be held down\nif we are to avoid a Federal tax increase. But the Democrats, who busted the budget\nin the first place, keep trying to put the monkey on the President's back instead\nof cooperating with him. They are just playing politics--pure and simple, and\nmostly simple.\nThe public has a big stake in electing a Republican Congress. It's the\nAmerican people's only hope of holding down Federal spending and avoiding a tax\nincrease.\nNow let me say something about the Federal reorganization plans the\nDemocrats have blocked. I'm personally convinced those reorganization plans, which\nthe Democrats have bottled up, would save the taxpayers billions of dollars. After\nall, right now we have more than 1,000 Federal programs, including 172 housing\nprograms handled by 16 agencies and 32 sub-agencies and 440 education programs\nunder 31 agencies and 53 bureaus.\nThe President wants to bring like-programs under one roof and wipe out the\nwaste but the Democratic Congress won't help him. That's another reason America\nneeds a Republican Congress.\nSo sound the alarm. Get your organization geared up. And work your fingers\nto the bone for Bill Dowd and the election of a Republican Congress. We need\nRichard Nixon--yes; and we also need a Republican team to back him if we are to\ngive America the sound government it deserves.\n# # #"
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