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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box D38, folder \"Ford Articles, 1952, 1953, 1955,\n1972 and 1973\" of the Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers at the Gerald R. Ford\nPresidential 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. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nMarch 27, 1952\nMr. Raymond S. Langin\nWOJG Mich NG\nNational Guard Armory\nGrand Rapids, Michigan\nDear Ray:\nEnclosed is my contribution to your first edition of the\n126TH INFANTRY NEWS.\nI am most sincere in wishing you the very best of luck\nin this new emterprise and I thank you for thinking of me at\nthis time. It has been a pleasure to have an opportunity to\npay tribute to this regiment rich in historical tradition and\na credit both to Michigan and the United States of America.\nWith kind personal regards.\nSincerely,\nGerald R. Ford, Jr., m.c.\nFORD is LIBRARY GERALD\n1\n126 TH INFANTRY NEWS\nFOR RELEASE APRIL 10\nWar choniclers are a strange lot! When\nthe story of a battle is , be told, they inevitably tend to\none of two extremes. Evravagant eulogies are given either to\nthe gallant hero, daugless in battle, or to the \"unsung\" hero\nwho ultimately is atut as unsung as the \"Star Spangled Banner.\"\nHowever, daring to ncur the wrath of generations of writers\nand historiars, I entur to say that it is the perfectly fune-\ntioning military unit nich makes heroes, sung or unsung, possi-\nble.\nFor courage, ingenuity and just plain guts\nit's hard to bea he American infantry, It is a well-known\nfor the spirit harmony which is the envy of every other\nbranch of th rvice. But over and above this, each unit has\nits own per\nality. This is particularly true of the 126th\ninfantry iment, the second oldest in the United States. To\nits cre\nare almost one hundred years of loyal service to the\nGERALD FORD MBRARD\n(more)\n-2-\nnation. The bond which united the three individual companies in\n1855 to form what is now the 126th infantry regiment, has been\nstrengthened through three major wars, bringing glory to the\nregiment and numberless battle streamers which now decorate their\nblue regimental flag. The regiment also boasts the French Croix\nde Guerre received during the first World \"ar.\nTo their credit, is the fact that the regiment\nhas always worked closely as a unit and formed the nucleus of\nlarger military groups. They have been an outstanding example\nof fidelity to duty in any undertaking. This is the regiment's\npersonality!\nMichigan is proud of its 126th infantry regiment\nand now at the institution of its new project the 126TH INFANTRY\nNEWS I am grateful for the opportunity to say that I, too, am\nproud d' the Michigan boys who for almost a hundred years have\ngiven continuous life to thenat harmony and unity of purpose\nfrom which the regiment derives its personality.\nFORD is LIBRARY GERALD\n#\nNational Guard Armory\n126th INFANTRY 46th DIVISION\nREGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS\nGRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN\nHEADQUARTERS 3RD BATTALION\nHEADQUARTERS COMPANY\nHEADQUARTERS CO.. 3RD BAT'N\nSERVICE COMPANY\nCOMPANIES 1, K. L AND M\nMEDICAL\nCOMPANY\nSally can the you do smetting can be hm Find\nMarch 6, 1952\n3\npet Dear Jerry,\nthat. Ameth what will 126\nThe first issue of the \"126TH INFANTRY NEWS\",\nregimental newspaper for the 126th Infantry, will\nmake its appearance here 10 April 1952. It will\nbe a memeographed paper, first issue about 50 pages.\nE\nWe realize that you are very busy right at\nam\nthis time, but if you can spare the time we would\ngreatly appreciate a written greeting the to the\nnewspaper and members of this command for publication\nin this first issue.\nI think you know, you are very well liked by\nthe fellows here and a message in our paper will\nhelp greatly to give it a flying start.\nThanking you in advance, Jerry, and we would\nalways appreciate a visit from you here anytime\nyou are in Grand Rapids and can make it.\nBest regards,\nRaywond Sangie\nRAYMOND S.LANGIN\nWOJG\nMich NG\nWe hear from Buell Phelps occassionally, He is on\nactive duty now and expects to go to Korea in the\nnear future.\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nSeptember 30, 1953,\nGood\nMr. Jack Arthur Lacy,\nManaging Editor,\nspeeches\nRepublican State National Journal,\n2901 Park Avenue,\nDetroit 1, Michigan.\nDear Jack,\nYour letter of September 16th has been received, and pursuant to\nyour request, I am enclosing the article that you suggested.\nI hope and trust that the enclosed article will be satisfactory.\nInasmuch as I have just returned from an extended trip to the Far\nEast, it was a little difficult to meet your deadline.\nPlease keep me posted on the methods by which the reprints can be\nobtained.\nWith kind personal regards and very best wishes,\nSincerely,\nGerald R. Ford, Jr., m.c.\nEnclosure\ngrf:is\nFORD i LIBRARY GERALD\nREPU Yournal ICAN NAL\n2901 PARK AVENUE\nDETROIT 1, MICHIGAN\nTEMPLE 3-0151\nSeptember 16, 1953\nRepresentative Gerald Ford Jr.,\n227 Federal Building\nGrand Rapids, Michigan\nDear Jerry:\nThe REPUBLICAN STATE NATIONAL JOURNAL is now preparing for\npublication the annual \"Know Your Republican Congressman\"\nedition. We ask your cooperation in the compilation of this\nissue with a statement or article of 500 words or less on\nany subject of your own choosing. We will furnish you, at\nour expense, 3,000 gloss enamel reprints of your photo and\narticle for distribution in your district. Additional copies\nmay be had a publication cost.\nWith the advent of the National Democratic Digest, our past\nefforts must be doubled and redoubled in getting the basic\nprecepts and the fundamental principles of the Republican\nparty to the voters.\nThe REPUBLICAN STATE NATIONAL JOURNAL is designed to serve\nyou and the Republican party. This is your publication.\nLooking forward to receiving your article in time to meet our\ndeadline of September 30, I remain\nRespectfully,\nJack MANAGING EDITOR\nJack Arthur Lacy\nJAL:mc\nP.S. ELECTIONS ARE WON BETWEEN ELECTIONS.\nREMEMBER THE DEADLINE DATE - SEPTEMBER 30\nDistribution in early October\nFORD if LIBRARY 0FRALD\nThe 1952 Republican Platform adopted at Chicago advocated \"Reduction of\nExpenditures by Elimination of Waste and Extravagances so that the Budget\nwill be Balanced\".\nThe 83rd Congress and President Eisenhower dedicated themselves\nto this mommental task, and during the first seven months of the\nRepublican Administration accomplished one of the most note-worthy feats\nin the history of free government. I refer to the combined action of\nthe legislative and executive branches of the federal government in\nreducing the Truman budget for the current year by $14,082,557,147.\nThis substantial reduction in proposed appropriations was\nachieved by having the legislative branch and the executive branch of\nour federal government work together in close harmony and cooperation as\nthe constitution intended. The Eisenhower team, when they took office\nJanuary 20th, went over the Truman estimates as carefully as they could\nin the relatively short time available, and as a consequence of this re-\nanalysis, slashed the Truman budget by $9,504,588,488. The Republican\ncontrolled House and Senate achieved an additional reduction of $4,577,968,659.\nHere is what a $14 billion budget out means to you. It figures\nout to an average saving of $87.50 for every man, woman and child in the\nUnited States. If there are four persons in your family, this comes to a\nsaving of $350.00. Note that this is the amount of saving for just the FORD\nfirst year under a Republican Administration. If the GOP economy drive GERALD\nLIBRARY\nPage 2\nholds down spending by the same amount in the next three years, this will\nmean a total saving to your family of $1,400.\nAt the same time that federal budget was slashed, the American\npeople were given better government and more efficient service. The record\nwill show that in the Department of Defense we will have a more effective\nArmy, Navy and Air Force at less cost. Only the fat has been out away, the\nmuscle is stronger than ever.\nThe comparison with last year's spending by Uncle Sam is even\nmore striking. In the fiscal year 1953, the total amount appropriated\nwas $75,356,000,000. Permanent appropriations, such as interest on the\npublic debt, were $10,643,000,000, making a total of $85,999,000,000. For\nthe current fiscal year, a total appropriation of $54,539,000,000, plus a\npermanent appropriation of $10,651,000,000, makes a total of $65,190,000,000.\nThus the reduction in the total amount of cash available for spending this\nyear is $20,810,000,000 below last year when the nation was suffering under\nthe leadership of former President Truman and a Democratically controlled\nCongress.\nOne of the most difficult headaches inherited from the Truman\nAdministration was the problem of previously appropriated funds that involved\npurchase commitments calling for payment at some future time. As of\nJune 30, 1953, President Eisenhower was faced with $81,000,000,000 of\nspending authorization which had been made in the past, but for which cash\nhad to be found in future months. Since a large portion of this enormous\nsum was already under contract, there was relatively little that could be\ndone by the Republicans to make immediate economi es in this area.\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nPage 3\nThis means that government spending for many months in the\nfuture will be greatly influenced by actions taken by the Truman Adminis-\ntration. It is largely for this reason that the national debt which stood\nat $272.6 billion on June 30, 1953, is expected to rise for the next few\nmonths. Although there was some fear that these past obligations would\nnecessitate the lifting of the federal debt limitation, it now appears that\nby strict economy under the Eisenhower Administration there will be no\nneed for an increase in the debt limitation of $275 billion.\nFor a number of years the federal government has been plagued\nwith mismanagement in its fiscal affairs. In the first seven months the\nnew Republican team, both in the White House and in the Congress, has\nproved beyond any doubt that it can and will do the job that must be done\nto save your government from financial disaster. In the months ahead more\nresults will be accomplished. By a continuous emphasis of economy in\ngovernment every citizen, his children and his children's children will\nultimately reap the benefits in lower taxes, steady prices, a solvent\ngovernment, and a future you can count on.\nFORD is LIBRARY GERALD\nCharlie clapp\n- H.R. Herald\nJune 17,1955\nReporter for a Day -\nRep. Gerald R. Ford, Jr.\nIn peacetime what is a sound national defense program?\nShould the U.S. fill the skies with aircraft, overstock the\nArmy with soldiers by stripping our farms, factories and\nschools of American youth and cover the seas with ships?\nOr in the alternative, should the U.S. naively accept the\nforced and superficial overtures of peace by the Soviets and\ndisarm to the point that we have no military strength what-\nsoever? Neither extreme view is sound. Too big a defense\nprogram in a peacetime era would bankrupt America and waste\nour manpower. Too little military strength would leave the\nUnited States defenseless against the Godless, longrange,\npower-hungry program of the Soviet dictators.\nHistory vividly records what is an unsound military\nprogram. During World War II the U.S. spent $70 to $90 billion\neach year, and 15 million men and women served in the Armed\nForces. In 1950 President Truman out the Army, Navy and\nAir Force to $13 billion, and a total active duty strength of\nless than one and a half million, and within a few months sent\nour Armed Forces into the Korean War. Defense costs immediately\nskyrocketed and the Army, Navy and Air Force expanded by\nrecalling reservists and upping the draft calls. Because\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nPage 2\nthe Armed Forces had been out back prior to Korea, a\ncrash build-up resulted with excessive costs for military\nhardware. American lives were lost at the outset of the\nKorean war in 1950 because our forces were not at proper\nstrength and were inadequately trained. In other words a\nwidely fluctuating military program with low expenditures\nand small forces one year, and big spending and large forces\nthe next is unsound and wateful in lives and dollars.\nIn contrast President Eisenhower has recommended a\ndefense program which would be adequate to handle a Korean\ntype war, or provide a sound base for expansion if an all-\nout, worldwide conflict should develop. Some military\nauthorities say a future war will be over in 10 days; others\ncontend it will last ten years. Ike refutes both theories.\nPresident Eisenhower believes if the United States supports\na strong military program which we can afford over the \"long\npull,\" there will be no war. The Congress apparently con-\ncurs because the President's military budget recommendations\nare being approved this year despite some political sniping.\nThe military program proposed by the Eisenhower adminis-\ntration is well balanced, but the accent is on bigr long\nrange bombers equipped to use atomic and hydrogen weapons.\nIt also emphasizes an expansion of the continental defense\nFORD i LIBRARY GERALD\nPage 3\nset up against enemy air attack. Furthermore our program\nis closely integrated with that of friendly, anti-communist\nallies.\nThere has been Democrat sniping because the President\nhas recommended a outback of 77,000 in the Army by June 30,\n1956. Will this reduction be harmful? The answer is No.\nThe Army will still have 1,025,000 men on active duty which\nis approximately twice as many as were in uniform at the\noutbreak of the Korean War. In other words under Ike the\nArmy will be far stronger than at the time our forces were\nordered into Korea.\nThe reduction in Army strength is fully justified\nbecause the outback in personnel does not decrease combat\nforces. The outback almost exclusively reduces the non-\ncombat units in the Army. For years Congress has urged the\nArmy to build up its combat strength and get rid of the\n\"frills.\" In the new program under Ike's policies the Army\nwill have the best ratio of combat strength to total\nstrength in its history. This means a harder hitting,\nfar more effective Army.\nIn addition our Army's basically essential military\nequipment has been vastly improved in the past ten years.\nFirepower has increased 84 per cent since 1945, and will\ndouble again in the next decade. Mobility which means trucks,\nFORD is LIBRARY GERALD\nPage 4\ntanks and other wheeled equipment, has been improved over\n100 per cent in the last ten years. Prospects for equal\nimprovement are even better. An Army must have good com-\nmunications. Ours has the best. New developments during\nthe past ten years now permit our G.Is to communicate twice\nas far with equipment of the same weight; or putting it\nanother way, the soldier can now communicate as far as he\ncould in 1945 with gear weighing half as much. Again,\nfuture research and development indicate even greater pro-\ngress.\nAny outback in Army active duty strength can also be\njustified by a build up in our reserve forces. General\nRidgway himself testified that the National Guard and Army\nReserve foroes are and will be larger and more effective.\nThe reserves are vital, and under the President's program\nwill get more money, more and better equipment and a bigger\nrole in the National Defense picture.\nIn the past five years Uncle Sam has spend $10 billion\nin supplying military aid and equipment to friendly allies.\nThis means the U.S. can now reduce its own ground forces\nbecause our allies will make up the difference and more too.\nAmerica is supplying guns, tanks and ammunition for 10 or\nmore German and 10 Japanese Army divisions. We have already\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nPage 5\nequipped and trained 20 South Korean army divisions. I\nthink it makes sense to buy a rifle for an allied soldier\nif that means the U.S. can draft fewer American boys. Our\nforeign aid, military assistance program has been for our\nown enlightened self-interest. It is no \"give-away\" when\nwe can save American lives and dollars.\nIf the Democrats in Congress want to increase the\nsize of our Army, what must they do to accomplish their\nprogram? They must increase the draft from 10,000 to 20,000\neach month starting July 1st, and they must add $450 million\nto the Army budget in the next year to pay the cost of\nmore G.Is on active duty. So far the public and the Congress\nhave supported President Eisenhower's national defense\nprogram which is aimed at preventing war and protecting the\npeace. With this backing for his well balanced Army, Navy\nand Air Force, Ike can speak with strength and conviction\nin his negotiations for an expanded peace. He will be\n\"speaking solfty but carrying a big stick,\" and the Soviets\nknow it.\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nDOMESTIC SERVICE\nINTERNATIONAL SERVICE\nCheck the class of service desired\n$\notherwise this message will be\nWESTERN\nCheck the class of service desired;\n1211\notherwise the message will be\nsent as a fullrate telegram\nsent at the fullrate\nS\nFULL RATE TELEGRAM\nDAY LETTER\nUNION\nFULL RATE\nE\nLETTER TELEGRAM\nNIGHT LETTER\nSHIP RADIOGRAM\nW. P. MARSHALL PRESIDENT\nNO. WDS.-CL. OF SVC.\nPD. OR COLL.\nCASH NO.\nCHARGE TO THE ACCOUNT OF\nTIME FILED\nGerald R. Ford, Jr.\nSend the following message, subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to\nJune 16, 1955\nMr. Charles Clapp\nGrand Rapids Herald\nGrand Rapids, Michigan\n\"Reporter for a Day\" column will be sent Friday\nmornim airmail special.\nJerry Ford\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nALL MESSAGES TAKEN BY THIS COMPANY ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TERMS:\nTo guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message should order It repeated, that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-half the\nunrepeated message rate is charged in addition. Unless otherwise indicated on its face, this is an unrepeated message and paid for as such, in consideration whereof it is agreed between\nthe sender of the message and the Telegraph Company as follows:\n1. 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Minimum charge for 22 words applies.\nNIGHT LETTER (NL)\nSHIP RADIOGRAM\nFor University of Michigan \"This I Remember\" series\nin 1965 football program\nBy Gerald R. Ford\nThe Minnesota battle-cry was \"Mangle Michigan!\" The unbeaten Gophers\nof Minnesota, on their way to a championship, were out to break a jinx of\n41 years. A hardy band of Wolverines with a record of\nvictories and\ndefifets stood in the path.\nOn Friday afternoon, after a long overnight train ride from Ann Arbor\nto Memorial Stadium we worked out enthusiastically. With Head Coach Harry\nKipke exhorting us to forget the early-season misfortune, we showed little\noutward apprehension of Minnesota's reputation as a bone-crushing steam-\nroller. Respect, yes. Fear, no. Admittedly, we had high regard for the\nsomewhat awesome football abilities of All-Americans Bill Bevan, Butch\nLarson, Pug Lund and the others on the star-studded squad. But, we were\nundaunted by the predicted prospects of what could happen to us the follow-\ning day before a record-breaking homecoming crowd of 60,000 fans.\nThat 1934 University of Michigan team had something going for it. We\nintended to keep it that way. Minnesota had failed to defeat a Wolverine\nclub at home since 1892, and had not scored on Michigan since 1929.\nCoach Bernie Bierman was reported as fearful of Michigan, despite the\npoor record we had piled up. He told the press he remembered Michigan as\nalways playing heads-up football ready to take advantage of any break.\nMost assuredly we were not over-confident with a bad record early in\nthe season. But, we hoped to live up to Bernie Bierman's description of\nwhat had happened to previous Minnesota ball clubs when playing Michigan.\n-more-\nU of M program story\n-2-\nThere were pre-game predictions that our fullback Cedric Sweet and I\nat center would have a busy afternoon backing up the Michigan line.\nHow true. We faced the job of stopping the rushes of Minnesota's\nfullback Beise, who made All-American in 1935, and Kostka, a sopho-\nmore replacement of great talent, and the sweeping runs of Lund and\nright-half Alphonse. I don't know about Sweet, but I didn't sleep\ntoo well the night before the game.\nWhen we ran out to go through the pre-game drills before the\nmighty hometown crowd in Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon, our\nspirits were bolstered by the sight and sound of Michigan's famous\n\"Fighting 100\" Varsity Band. We had high hopes the musicians could\nplay \"The Victors\" with real meaning when the game ended.\nThe first half was a bitter surprise for the Minnesota fans and\na bright beginning for the Wolverines. Not only were the Gophers\nout-played by a wide margin, but they almost were scored on early in\nthe game.\nJohnny Regeczi, our right halfback with a talented punting foot,\nthrew a pass to right-end Willis Ward, the great football and track\nstar from Detroit. Ward was wide open on the play that came off a\nfake place kick. Left-end Matt Pattenelli had set up the situation\nby blocking a Minnesota punt and recovering the pigskin on their 16-\nyard line.\nOur hopes for scoring first sailed away on the pass that Regeczi\noverthrew to Ward, who made a gallant and unsuccessful attempt to catch\nit.\nIf Regeczi failed to make the grade on that play, he more than made\n-more-\nU of M program story\n-3-\nup for it with his fabulous punting. Thanks to John's booming boots,\nMinnesota spent most of the first half in its own territory. As line-\nbackers, Ced Sweet and I had a rugged time meeting the crushing offen-\nsive runs of Minnesota's fleet and powerful backfield.\nWhen the half ended, a rapidly-tiring team trooped to the dressing\nroom. But, our spirits were high and we could see a possible victory--\nor tie--in sight. It's a good thing one can't see accurately into the\nfuture!\nEarly in the second half the Gophers really turned on the power.\nThe first assault was stopped at the 18-yard line and Regeczi punted\n35 yards to give us a temporary safety margin. Then the steamroller\nwent into action. Minnesota moved with calculated speed to score with\nPug Lund doing most of the work behind a hard-charging line. One pass\ncompleted the drive. The scoreboard was to get busier as the afternoon\nwore on.\nMinnesota's second touchdown was the result of a slashing, dazzling\n76-yard run by Alphonse on the second play after kick-off. The swift-\nfooted Minnesota back wheeled around left end, cut back, eluded the\nsecondary. Ward almost caught him from behind.\nThe third touchdown was set up when Lund pinpointed a punt that\nwent out on the one-yard line. We couldn't get rolling and Regeczi from\nbehind our goal line whopped one out to our 34-yard stripe. Lund flipped\na bullet pass 33 yards to Maurice Johnson, a substitute end, who slipped\nin to score. At that point in the ballgame Minnesota had a perfect pass-\ning performance--four for four.\n-more-\nU of M program story\n-4-\nWith Lund on the bench taking a break, his replacement Roscoe\nraced 51 yards around right end scoring Minnesota's fourth touchdown\nafter Clarkson had advanced the ball toward our goal-line to midfield\non a 28-yard scamper. Clarle on was stopped by our quarterback Ferris\nJennings, who made a vicious, bone-jarring tackle, one of many great\nplays he made during that disastrous second half. What Jennings lacked\nin weight--140 pounds--he more than made up in spirit, courage and\ndetermination. On one play he tackled big Stan Kostha so hard the sopho-\nmore star player had to be taken from the game.\nUsing straight, grind-'em-out football, with the regulars on the\nbench and the reserves getting a baptism of fire, Minnesota stomped on\nus moving 60 yards to score the fifth touchdown on a short 4-yard run.\nThe scoreboard told part of the story of what happened that after-\nnoon in Memorial Stadium. Minnesota's 34 to 0 victory ended the 41-year\njinx. And a Michigan team had been scored on by the Gophers for the\nfirst time since 1929.\nEven the statistics failed to tell the whole story of Michigan's\ndefeat. We were outrushed 314 to 17 yards. While Minnesota completed\nfour pass attempts for 82 yards, Michigan tossers connected twice in\nseven tries for 65 yards. The cold figures showed, however, the effective-\nness of Regeczi's effective punting. He averaged 46 yards a boot!\nWhat the scoreboard and statistics failed to reveal was the deter-\nmination of my team-mates-----big Matt Pattenelli playing his finest at\nleft-end; John Viergiver at one tackle taking a shellacking yet dishing\nit ott; Bill Hildebrand plugging the gaps at left guard; Bill Borgman\n-more-\nU of M program story\n-5-\ndoing the same on the other side of the line; Captain Tom Austin holding his\nteam together and playing his heart out in the right tackle slot; Willis\nWard on pass patterns frequently slipping away from the Minnesota defense;\nstout little Ferris Jennings tackling with great courage and calling the\nplays; Whitey Aug slamming through play after play at lefthalf; Regeczi\ncalmly punting us out of danger; and Sweet red-dogging all afternoon.\nMaybe the Gophers did \"Mangle Michigan\" that afternoon as the score\nindicates. At least, the Homecoming for them was a success. As the\nsportswriters reflected, the score might have been reduced if Michigan's\nline replacements had been stronger and in greater numbers.\nThe Wolverine forward wall was tired out in the second half, as the\nsports reporters said. But we were still trying despite the overwhelmäng\nodds, which is one of the reasons this particular game is one I remember.\nAlthough we learned many lessons playing football, the Minnesota\ngame was the final exam. A proud, but battered Michigan team passed it\nwith flying colors. We demonstrated that we had learned what our coaches\nhad tried to teach us-----never stop trying, and don't be afraid of tackling\na job with the odds against you.\nHarry Kipke, coach of the 1934 team, best described the lesson we\ndemonstrated at Minnesota, \"Give all you have, but give it within the let-\nter--and within the spirit--of the rules.\"\nRecalling this game, I remember how the Michigan students and Ann Arbor\ntownspeople met the team at the train Sunday afternoon. There was a rousing\nandspirited parade to the Union building headed by the Michigan Band. It\nwas a meaningful tribute to the fight the Wolverines had put up against the\n-more-\nU of M program story\n-6-\npowerful Minnesota Gophers---a team that finished an undessated season\nwith a national championship crown. It also was a demonstration of\nloyalty that I'm sure none of us through the years has forgotten.\nSince graduating from Michigan, while coaching at Yale and\nfinishing law school, during my Navy service in World War II, and\nduring 16 years in the rough-and-tubble world of politics I often\nthought of the experiences before, during and after that game in 1934.\nRecalling them has helped me many times to face a tough situation, take\naction and make every effort possible despite adverse odds.\nThanks to my football experience, I know the value of team-play.\nIt is, I believe, one of the most important lessons to be learned and\npracticed in our lives.\n3\n#\n#\nFor University of Michigan \"This I Remember\" series\nin 1965 football program\nHavent g/ who OK. it metoped copies with Winth correctionsial with me the period +\nBy Gerald R. Ford\nMinnesta\nI\nThe campus battle-cry was \"Mangle Michigan!\" The unbeaten Gophers of\nMinnesota, on their way to a championship, were out to break a jinx of\n41 years. A hardy band of Wolverines with a record of\nvictories and\ndefeats stood in the path.\novernight\nOn riday afternoon, after a long train ride from Ann Arbor to Memorial\nwith Healoach\nenthuriastically. outword appreheness\nStadium we worked out showing little of Minnesota's reputation as a\nKipht\nadmittedly\nbone-crushing steam-roller. Respect, yes. Fear, no. We had high regard for\nsphorting Harry is my we Alasm\nBill Butch\n4The others on The stan-studder squard\nthe somewhat awesome football abilities of All-Americans Bevan, Larson Pug\nLund. But, we were undauented by the predicted prospects of what would happen\nto us the following day before a record-breaking homecoming CROWD. of 60,000 fans.\nThat 1934 University of Michigan team had something going for it. We\nintended to keep it that way. Minnesota had failed to defeat a Wolverine\nclub at home since 1892, and had not scored on Michigan since 1929.\nCoach Bernie Bierman was reported as fearful of Michigan, despite the\npoor record we had piled up. He told the press he remembered Michigan as always\nplaying heads-up football ready to take advantage of any break.\nmost assuredly\nCertainly we were not over-confident with a bad record early in the season.\nBernie\nBut, we hoped to live up to Bierman's description. There were predictions\nwhat had happened to previous Mennesolar when playing ball clubs\npre-game\nMichyn\nthat our fullback Cedric Sweet and I at center would have a busy afternoon\nHow true\nbacking up the Michigan line. We faced the job of stopping the rushes of\n1\nMinnesota's fullback Beise, who made All-American in 1935, and Kostka, a\n-more-\nU of M program story\n-2-\nsophomore replacement of great talent, and the sweeping runs of Lund and\nrighthalf Alphonse. I don't know about Sweet, but I didn't sleep too well\nthe night before the game.\nWhen we ran out to go through the pre-game drills before the mighty\nhometown crowd in Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon, our spirits were\nbolstered by the sight and sound of Michigan's famous \"Fighting 100\" Varsity\nBand. We had high hopes the musicians could play \"The Victors\" with real\nmeaning when the game ended.\nThe first half was a bitter surprise for the Minnesota fans and a bright\nbeginning for the Wolverines. Not only were the Gophers out-played by a wide\nmargin, but they almost were scored on early in the game.\nJohnny Regeczi, our right halfback with a talented puniting foot, threw\na pass to right-end Willis Ward, the great football and track star from\nDetroit. Ward was wide open on the play that came off a fake place kick.\nLeft-end Matt Patteneylli had set up the situation by blocking a Minnesota\ntheir\npunt and recovering the pigskin on-the 16-yard line.\nOur hopes for scoring first sailed away on the pass that Regeczi overthrew\nto Ward, who made a gallant and unsuccessful attempt to catch it.\nIf Regeczi failed to make the grade on that play, he more than made up\nfor it with his fatrutore punting. Thanks to John's booming boots, Minnesota spent most\nof the first half in its own territory. As line-backers, Ced Sweet and I\nhad a sugger busy time meeting the crushing offensive runs of Minnesota's fleet and\npowerful backfield.\n-moreO\nU of M program story\n-3-\nWhen the half ended, a rapidly-tiring lverine team trooped to the\ndressing room. But, our spirits were high and we could see a possible\nvictory--or tie--in sight. It's a good thing one can't accurately see into the future!\nEarly in the second half the Gophers really turned on the power. The\nfirst assault was stopped at the 18-yard line and Regeczi punted 35 yards\nto give us tempony a i safety margin. Then the steamroller went into action. Minnesota\nmoved with calculated speed to score with Pug Lund doing most of the work\nbehind a hard-charging line. One pass completed the drive. The scoreboard was\nto get busier as the afternoon wore on.\nMinnesota's second touchdown was the result of a slashing, dazzling\n76-yard run by Alphonse on the second play after kick-off. The swift-footed\nMinnesota back wheeled around left end, cut back, eluded the secondary. Ward\nalmost caught him from behind.\nThe third touchdown was set up when Lund pinpointed a punt thatw ent\nout on the one-yard line. We couldn't get rolling and Regeczi from behind our\ngoal line whopped one out to our 34-yard stripe. Lund flipped a bullet pass\n33 yards to Maurice Johnson, a substitute end, who slipped in to score. And\nAt that point in the ballgame Minnesota had a perfect passing performance--\nfour for four.\nWith Lund on the bench taking a break, his replacement Roscoe raced 51\nyards around right end scoring Minnesota's fourth touchdown after Clarkson\nhad advanced the ball toward our goal-line to midfield on a 28-yard scamper.\nClarkson was stopped by our quarterback Ferris Jennings, who made a vicious,\n-more-\nU of M program story\n-4-\nbone-jarring tackle, one of many great plays he made during that disastrous\nsecond half. What Jennings lacked in weight---140 pounds he more than made\nStan\nup in spirit, courage and determination. On one play he tackled big Kostka so\nhard the sophomore star player had to be taken from the game.\nUsing straight, grind-'em-out football, with the regulars on the bench\nand the reserves getting a baptism of fire, Minnesota stomped on us moving\n60 yards to score the fifth touchdown on a short 4-yard run.\nThe scoreboard told part of the story of what happened that afternoon\nin Memorial Stadium. Minnesota's 34 to 0 victory ended the 41-year jinx. And\na Michigan team had been scored on by the Gophers for the first time since\n1929.\nEven the statistics failed to tell the whole story of Michigan's defeat.\nWe were outrushed 314 to 17 yards. While Minnesota completed four pass\nattempts for 82 yards, Michigan tossers connected twice in seven tries\nfor 65 yards. The cold figures showed, however, the effectiveness of Regeczi's\neffective punting. He averaged 46 yards a boot!\nWhat the scoreboard and statistics failed to reveal was the determination\nof my team-mates-----big Matt Pattenelli playing his finest at left-end; John\nViergiver at one tackle taking a shellacking yet dishing it out; Bill\nHildebrand plugging the gaps at left guard; Bill Borgman doing the same on the\nother side of the line; Captain Tom Austin holding his team together and\nplaying his heat out in the right tackle slot; Willis Ward on pass patterns\nfrequently slipping away from the Minnesota defense; stout little Ferris\nJennings tackling with great courage and calling the plays; Whitey Aug\n-more-\nU of M program story\n-5-\nslamming through play after play at lefthalf; Regeczi calmly punting us\nout of danger; and Sweet red-dogging all afternoon.\nMaybe the Gophers did \"Mangle Michigan\" that afternoon as the score\nindicates. At least, the Home coming for them was a success. As the\nsportswriters reflected, the score might have been reduced if Michigan's\nline replacements had been stronger and in greater numbers.\nThe Wolverine forward wall was tired out in the second half, as the\nsports reporters said. But we were still trying despite the overwhelming\nodds, which is one of the reasons this particular game is one I remember.\nAlthough we learned many lessons playing football, the Minnesota game\nwas the final exam. A proud, but battered Michigan team passed it with\nflying colors. We demonstrated that we had learned what our coaches had\ntried to teach us never stop trying, and don't be afraid of tackling\na job with the odds against you.\nHarry Kipke, coach of the 1934 team, best described the lesson we\ndemonstrated at Minnesota Fhat that we had learned when\n\"Give all you\nhave, but give it within the letter--and within the spirit-of the rules.\"\nRecalling this game, I remember how the Michigan students and Ann Arbor\ntownspeople met the team at the train Sunday afternoon. There was a rousing\nand spirited parade to the Union building headed by the Michigan Band. It\nwas a meaningful tribute to the fight the Wolverines had put up against the\npowerful Minnesota Gophers. team that finished an undefeated season with\na national championship crown. It also was a demonstration of loyalty that\n-more-\nU of M program story\n-6-\nI'm sure none of us through the years has forgotten.\nand\nSince graduating from Michigan, while coaching at Yale finishing\nlaw school, during my Navy service in World War II, and during 16\nyears in the rough-and-tumble world of politics I often thought\nof the experiences before, during and after that game in 1934. Recalling\nthem has helped me many times to face a tough situation, take action and\nmake every effort possible despite adverse odds\nThanks to my football experience, I know the value of team-play.\nIt is, I believe, one of the most important lessons to be learned and\npracticed in our lives.\n# # #\n1/7/72\nSpecial to the Grand Rapids Times\nBlacks Gain\nUnder Nixon\nBY REP. GERALD R. FORD\nI am proud to report that the Nixon Administration is moving forward in the field\nof civil rights and that blacks are making tremendous gains under the present\nAdministration.\nThe record strongly bears out the claim of black advances in the past year.\nIn the area of aid to minority business, for instance, sharp increases in\nassistance are clearly apparent.\nThe Small Business Administration loaned a total of $160.4 million to 6,262\nminority busine ssmen in 1970.\nThrough August 1971, the la test available figure, SBA had loaned $213 million\nto 7,776 minority busine ssmen.\nSBA's new program to assist small businesses by guaranteeing their bid, payment,\nor performance bonds is now in effect nationally. Under a pilot surety bond program\nstarted in early 1971 the SBA has assisted more than 50 small businesses. The\nsuccessful bidders have received more than $2.5 million in contracts.\nFederal purchases from minority businesses have increased 11-fold in two years--\nfrom $13 million to $142 million.\nThere has been an increase in grants, loans and guarantees to minority business\nfrom $20 million in 1969 to more than $400 million in 1971.\nPresident Nixon has announced a new effort to improve business opportunities for\nBlacks and other minorities. The President urged Congress to boost a $3.6 million\nappropriation for the Office of Minority Business Enterprise to $43.6 million. The\nPresident also stated that for the fiscal year starting next July 1 he will propose\nthat OMBE be given $63.6 million.\nThe Administration has budgeted $700 million for direct loans and grants to\nminority entrepreneurs in the current fiscal year. This represents a three-fold\nincrease over 1969.\nAn organization known as Capital Formation has been designated by the President\nto coordinate and oversee the placement of new deposits by the private sector in\nminority-owned banks. It is estimated that an additional $100 million in new\ndeposits means 22,000 loans for minority businesses, home mortgages and consumer\nloans.\nCapital Formation has helped to trigger deposits in minority-owned banks by\nFORD LIBRARY\nthe nation's leading corporations. The result has been a growth of $155 million\nin minority bank deposits, with an additional $60 million to $90 million on the way.\n-2-\nAt the same time, Department of the Treasury deposits in minoritybanks increased\nby $155.5 million between September 1970 and September 1971.\nTurning to minority employment, we find that minority employment in Federal\nagencies increased by 3,348 jobs between May 1970 and May 1971 although total\nFeder aleemployment dropped by 11,075 jobs during that period. Minorities held\n505,219 full-time positions as of May 1971. Of the 2,592,956 employes on Federal\npayrolls as of last May, 14.6 per cent were Negroes, Spanish-surnamed Americans,\nAmerican Indians and Orientals.\nThe Civil Service Commission provides an avenue of appeal to the Commission for\nany person who feels he or she has been discriminated against on the basis of race,\ncolor, religion, sex, national origin, partisan political affiliation, or other\nnon-merit factors.\nOne of the Nixon achievements I am most proud of is the Philadelphia Plan. I\ncan report to you that the Philadelphia Plan raised minority man hours in that city's\nFederal projects from 2 per cent of the total work hours in early 1969 to almost\n15 per cent in 1971. The Philadelphia Plan is a model for the Nation.\nLooking at the Health-Education-and-Welfare Department, we see that HEW's new\nSickle Cell Anemia Advisory Committee is developing detailed recommendations for\nprograms to control and ultimately eradicate sickle cell anemia. As you may know,\nthis is a disease which affects one out of every 500 newborn Black infants. The\nAdministration has increased the prior-years effort from $1.5 million to $12 million\nin the fight against sickle cell anemia--eight times as much.\nHEW also has announced the award of $1.6 million to help 23 Black colleges\nand universities upgrade their social science programs.\nFurthermore, the Nation's 111 predominantly Black colleges received 3.4 per\ncent of all Federal aid to higher education ($125 million) during the 1970-71\nacademic year. This marked a 16 per cent increase in Federal support to Black\ncolleges over the previous year.\nThese are only some of the highlights of civil rights advances in 1971.\n###\nGERALD LIBRARY FORD\nSpecial to the Grand Rapids Times\n1/7/72\nBlacks Gain\nUnder Nixon\nBY REP. GERALD R. FORD\nI am proud to report that the Nixon Administration is moving forward in the field\nof civil rights and that blacks are making tremendous gains under the present\nAdministration.\nThe record strongly bears out the claim of black advances in the past year.\nIn the area of aid to minority business, for instance, sharp increases in\nassistance are clearly apparent.\nThe Small Busines SS Administration loaned a total of $160.4 million to 6,262\nminority busine ssmen in 1970.\nThrough August 1971, the la test available figure, SBA had loaned $213 million\nto 7,776 minority busine ssmen.\nSBA's new program to assist small businesses by guaranteeing their bid, payment,\nor performance bonds is now in effect nationally. Under a pilot surety bond program\nstarted in early 1971 the SBA has assisted more than 50 small businesses. The\nsuccessful bidders have received more than $2.5 million in contracts.\nFederal purchases from minority businesses have increased 11-fold in two years--\nfrom $13 million to $142 million.\nThere has been an increase in grants, loans and guarantees to minority business\nfrom $20 million in 1969 to more than $400 million in 1971.\nPresident Nixon has announced a new effort to improve business opportunities for\nBlacks and other minorities. The President urged Congress to boost a $3.6 million\nappropriation for the Office of Minority Business Enterprise to $43.6 million. The\nPresident also stated that for the fiscal year starting next July 1 he will propose\nthat OMBE be given $63.6 million.\nThe Administration has budgeted $700 million for direct loans and grants to\nminority entrepreneurs in the current fiscal year. This represents a three-fold\nincrease over 1969.\nAn organization known as Capital Formation has been designated by the President\nto coordinate and oversee the placement of new deposits by the private sector in\nminority-owned banks. It is estimated that an additional $100 million in new\ndeposits means 22,000 loans for minority businesses, home mortgages and consumer\nloans.\nFORD\nCapital Formation has helped to trigger deposits in minority-owned banks by\nthe nation's leading corporations. The result has been a growth of $155 million\nLIBRARY\nin minority bank deposits, with an additional $60 million to $90 million on the way.\nAt the same time, Department of the Treasury deposits in minoritybanks increased\nby $155.5 million between September 1970 and September 1971.\nTurning to minority employment, we find that minority employment in Federal\nagencies increased by 3,348 jobs between May 1970 and May 1971 although total\nFeder al employment dropped by 11,075 jobs during that period. Minorities held\n505,219 full-time positions as of May 1971. Of the 2,592,956 employes on Federal\npayrolls as of last May, 14.6 per cent were Negroes, Spanish-surnamed Americans,\nAmerican Indians and Orientals.\nThe Civil Service Commission provides an avenue of appeal to the Commission for\nany person who feels he or she has been discriminated against on the basis of race,\ncolor, religion, sex, national origin, partisan political affiliation, or other\nnon-merit factors.\nOne of the Nixon achievements I am most proud of is the Philadelphia Plan. I\ncan report to you that the Philadelphia Plan raised minority man hours in that city's\nFederal projects from 2 per cent of the total work hours in early 1969 to almost\n15 per cent in 1971. The Philadelphia Plan is a model for the Nation.\nLooking at the Health-Education-and-Welfare Department, we see that HEW's new\nSickle Cell Anemia Advisory Committee is developing detailed recommendations for\nprograms to control and ultimately eradicate sickle cell anemia. As you may know,\nthis is a disease which affects one out of every 500 newborn Black infants. The\nAdministration has increased the prior-years effort from $1.5 million to $12 million\nin the fight against sickle cell anemia--eight times as much.\nHEW also has announced the award of $1.6 million to help 23 Black colleges\nand universities upgrade their social science programs.\nFurthermore, the Nation's 111 predominantly Black colleges received 3.4 per\ncent of all Federal aid to higher education ($125 million) during the 1970-71\nacademic year. This marked a 16 per cent increase in Federal support to Black\ncolleges over the previous year.\nThese are only some of the highlights of civil rights advances in 1971.\n###\nLIBRAR\nPublished in 1/21/73 Sunday Supplement\"M Office Copy\nMagazine\n\"It's time to blow the whistle on the\ngrowing horde of fathers who escape child\nsupport responsibility by crossing state\nlines\n\"\nLET'S HAVE \"FEDERALS\" PURSUE RUNAWAY PAPPIES\nBy Rep. Gerald R. Ford\n\"Dear Congressman Ford,\" writes a Pennsylvania mother whose letter I\nam looking at now.\n\"Please do not reveal my name. I think you will understand why.\n\"After 13 years of marriage my husband deserted me and our three-year-old\nchild for his secretary. He lived with her and her child and supported them\nboth. I found them and obtained a support order but he never paid it steady\nand all it amounted to was court hearings which cost me money. Then he left\nthe secretary and her baby behind and skipped the state with still another\nGERALD woman. FORD LIBRARY\nPage 2\n\"I don't know where he is. I have barely managed to find enough work\nto support my child and to keep our house. I have kept the house for six years\nnow but have gotten behind in real estate taxes. If I don't pay them within\nthree months I will be sheriffed out.\n\"On top of all this my daughter--his daughter- has developed a hearing\nproblem and needs an operation. I have never applied for welfare in my life\nuntil I had to just now for medical reasons.\n\"He left behind an arrearage of about $2,500 and there is no way I can\nget this money. I am beside myself. I don't know where else to turn.\"\nThere is actually little this woman can do. The odds are against her.\nShe can hire attorneys to track down her husband but she as an individual cannot\nget a court order in another state. It would take a state order. But in reality\na state court can do little once a father has fled its jurisdiction and gone\nacross a state line. State and local law enforcement agencies have neither the\nstaff nor the funds to track down deserting fathers who flee to another state.\nIt is impossible to say exactly how many husbands and ex-husbands have\ndeserted their families and are hiding away in other states. Estimates go as\nhigh as 382,700 families with legal fathers who have deserted. When you add\nfleeing fathers of illegitimate children the number soars past the million\nfamily mark. It is estimated that one fourth of the deserters of legitimate\nfamilies cross state lines to escape their support payment responsibilities,\nand the numbers are increasing. There is no figure on how many fathers of\nillegitimate children have disappeared into other states.\nThere are no statistics available either on the number of women and\nchildren not on welfare who have been deserted by a husband and father who has\nskipped the state. It is impossible to say how many fleeing fathers have\nFORD LIBRARY\nPage 3\nchanged their names. It is impossible to estimate how many wives are too\nembarrassed even to report their husbands missing.\nBut above all, immeasurable, is the toll of human misery left in the\nwake of run-away fathers. Evidence of this distress comes across my desk\nevery day in the form of letters, often asking that the matter be kept secret\nbecause of the family's standing in the community.\nI have received thousands of letters from all over the country from\nwomen with children who have been left in the lurch by runaway husbands.\nToo often a man who may be divorced or still married leaves the state\nin which his wife and children reside, gets a good job and does as he pleases\nwithout a moment's regard for the family he's left behind. In case after case\nthe man is living off the fat of the land in one state while his dependents\nare suffering in poverty in another.\nI first became interested in the fugitive father problem in 1949 as a\nFreshman Congressman. It was then I introduced my first \"runaway pappy\" bill,\nmaking flight to avoid support payments a federal offense. It didn't pass, and\never since then this struggle has become almost a crusade for me. I have just\nintroduced my bill for the sixth time. I could not stop reintroducing that\nbill if I tried--the content of the letters I receive would haunt me.\nLetters like this one from an Ohio woman: \"I am in the position of one\nof these mothers who have children by a 'runaway pappy.' I am on welfare--not\nbecause I want to be--and the citizens of this state are supporting my children\ninstead of their being supported by their father, who makes good money yet\nnever contributes one dime toward their care.\n\"I'll take that back. In the six years since the court ordered my\nFORD\nhusband to pay $150 a month for child support, he has sent one box of clothing\nBERALD\nLIBRARY\nPage 4\nfor the children. And one Christmas he big heartedly sent each child a money\norder for $15. From a town and state he must have been vacationing in. No\nway to trace him.\n\"My case is certainly not unique. I am only one of thousands and\nthousands of mothers in these 50 states who are in a similar situation. Until\nits wilfore responsibilitying the acean\nthe Federal Government takes over welfare and makes all runaway husbands\nsupport their children or go to jail, the public will have to support someone\nelse's children for them.\"\nThe bill which I am trying to get passed would make flight to avoid\nchild support a federal offense. Officially it is called the Federal Family\nSupport Act. But unofficially it is known as the \"Runaway Pappy Bill.\"\nWhatever its name, it provides for punishment of fine and imprisonment:\n\"Any individual who, to avoid compliance with a support order, shall\ntravel or move in interstate or foreign commerce, from the State in which such\nsupport order was issued or from any state in which proceedings have been\ninstituted\nshall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,500 or by\nimprisonment for not more than three years, or by both such fine and\nimprisonment.\"\nThough that bill has not passed so far, it has come close.\nThe 92nd Congress came within an eyelash of enacting the provisions\nof my Runaway Pappy Bill when it incorporated them into the omnibus Welfare\nReform Bill of 1972 (H.R. 1) which passed the House but was emasculated by the\nSenate. So now I am all set to try again.\nI have high hopes that this time we will be successful. Some colleagues\nin the Senate as well have indicated their concern about this problem and\nSenator Russell Long, for one, has indicated he will press for similar\n1 GERALD R. LIBRARY FORD\nPage 5\nlegislation in the Senate.\nMy bill would make child support orders enforceable in the Federal\ncourts of a state to which a man has fled. In other words, this legislation\nwould bring Federal authority to bear on the problem of nonsupport by husbands\nand fathers who shirk their parental obligations.\nI think this is vital legislation. It is not intended to harass anyone.\nAnd as long as a man does not shirk his financial obligation, he is free to\nlive in any state of the union he chooses. But if he tries to hide in another\nstate to avoid his responsibility to his family he would know that various\nmeans such as Social Security and Internal Revenue records would be used by\nfederal authorities to locate him.\nFederal resources would be used to get at husbands and fathers who flee\nto another state to avoid supporting their families. Once found, they would\nhave to pay up or go to jail.\nI am convinced that if runaway pappies are ever going to be forced to\nlive up to their obligations it will have to be done through the federal court\nsystem.\nSome working mothers try very hard to find their missing ex-husbands\nand pursue them through every legal means. But it is expensive, and as one\nMichigan woman ruefully admits in her letter to me, \"we eat a lot of Macaroni\nand cheese.\" Her letter tells how she \"went to the prosecuting attorney's\noffice to see if they could help me trace my ex-husband. They told me they\ncould not help me unless I was on welfare. The Friend of the Court says he\nhas a warrant out for my ex-husband but if he is out of the state they could\nnot do anything. He said, however, if I could get his Social Security number\nFORD\nit might help to find him. I have written to the Vital Statistics Bureau but\nLIBRARY\nGERALD\nPage 6\nI am sure there is some legal reason they won't be able to help me. I feel\nquite defeated.\n\"Since my husband is a horse trainer I feel he is connected with a race\ntrack somewhere. I have called every race track commission in the United States\nbut they have no record of him. I feel he must be going under a phoney name.\n\"I know he has remarried and has a child--he has three with me--so this\nmeans he must have a semi-permanent place somewhere. I have called various\npolice departments and had them alerted to my problem and gave them a\ndescription of my missing husband. All they say is that they will keep an eye\nout. Whatever that means.\n\"I know there are a million women and children in this world that have\nthis same problem and some no doubt have it a lot worse than we do. But when I\nsee my children go without the things they should have--like shoes--and could\nhave if their father would just face up to his responsibility to them, I feel\nso desperate and miserable. I feel that I am within my rights to ask for help\nin some form from someone, anyone that could help them. That's why I have sat\ndown and written this letter to you. I am fighting to raise my children with\nthe feeling of security. I want them to feel secure and warm. They could not\npossibly feel that way if I am constantly wondering where their next pair of\nshoes are coming from. Can you please help?\n\"What I am asking from you is this, is there any way you or the people in\nyour office can help me find this man? Our divorce was granted approximately\nfive years ago. The child support was set for $30 a week. It is low, as the\njudge told me at the time. I felt, however, that if the support was a reason-\nable amount he would pay it. He has not. Isn't it fair to expect someone, some\nfederal officer, to track him down? The only hope I can see is if you will\nPage 7\npass your 'Runaway Pappy Bill.' It is the most necessary bill I have ever\nheard of. It is disgraceful, the situation in our fair land.\"\nAt the present time it costs the federal government some 922 million\nwelfare dollars annually to care for the 382, families with abandoned\nlegitimate children. An additional 25 per cent is paid by the states. Even\ngreater is the federal cost of welfare for some 700,000 families with illegitimate\nchildren--nearly 1.5 billion dollars.\nSince about one-fourth of the deserting husbands cross state lines, my\nbill could save taxpayers over 200 million dollars in support cost of legitimate\nchildren alone. It is harder to estimate what we can save taxpayers in caring\nfor illegitimate offspring. Paternity must be proven and court orders given.\nBut my bill seeks to make any father responsible for the support of his children\n\"whether legitimate, illegitimate or adopted.\"\nMoney is not the only consideration. There is still another benefit\nthat would be gained by my bill and that pertains to the status of many wives.\nPart of the human tragedy in these cases is that a wife whose husband\nhas disappeared frequently does not know whether he is alive or dead, whether\nshe is free to remarry or whether to wait in the hope of a reconciliation.\nOne deserted wife wistfully suggests all such husbands be declared\n\"legally dead,\" because then \"at least our children would become eligible\nfor social security benefits until they reach age 18.\"\n\"Of course\" she adds, \"it is true some of them are probably far from\nbeing dead and dancing up a storm in some other state, but we do not know this\nfor sure. If through an accident or ill health a death has occurred, we\ncertainly would have no way of knowing. I am one of these working mothers whoRD\nwould be affected by this. I live in a never-never world. I cannot locate my\nLIBRATY\nBERALD\nPage 8\nhusband. There are no clues. I cannot make new male friends or think of\nremarriage because my husband may be alive. I am not eligible for Aid to\nDependent Children because of my job. And I cannot stop working for a moment\nbecause I need every cent I can earn. It's a constant treadmill I am on.\"\nThis letter simply shows the desperation that exists because of the\nuntenable position of being a wife and mother with a missing and who-knows-where\nhusband and with no relief in sight. Surely it is only fair that the federal\ngovernment help such women find out their legal status.\nI say it's time to blow the whistle on the growing horde of men who\nescape their duty to children and other dependents by disappearing across state\nlines. Who can blow the whistle? You, the reader-taxpayer.\nIf every reader who sees this article took pen in hand to write their\nCongressman and Senator urging passage of the Runaway Pappy Bill, families would\nbe spared humiliation and deprivation, taxpayers would be saved hundreds of\nmillions of dollars, and thousands of wives would get the satisfaction of having\ntheir legal positions clarified.\nI think it is only just that we should throw the forces of the Federal\nGovernment into pursuit of runaway pappies. Surely a man who abandons his\nchildren is just as much a felon as the man who steals an automobile.\n###\nAMERICA\nWritten for the Kent County Republican Committee newsletter\nMisc Statements\n1/26/73\nSpending\nSupplants War\nAs Key Issue\nBY REP. GERALD R. FORD\nCongress is described in the press as having convened Jan. 3 in a defiant\nmood, with Vietnam and Presidential impoundment of appropriated funds as the sore\npoints.\nThe Vietnam peace agreement has erased the war as a source of friction between\nthe President and the Congress. The residue of resentment that remains revolves\nabout the issue of Federal spending and claims that the Pre sident has been taking\nover the powers of the Congre SSo\nIf you analyze closely what has happened in the Congress, you are forced to\nconclude that the President has not seized any powers--Congress has abdicated them.\nThere has been an erosion of congressional power, particularly the power of the\npurse.\nWhy is this true? It is SO because Congress has failed to exercise its\nresponsibility for making the hard spending decisions necessary to maintain at least\na semblance of Federal fiscal sanity.\nI am not being partisan in making this charge. Consider these words spoken by\nSenate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield at a caucus of Democratic senators on Jan. 3,\n1973:\n\"The fault lies not in the Executive Branch but in ourselves, in the Congress.\nWe cannot insist upon the power to control expenditures and then fail to do SO. If\nwe do not do the job, if we continue to abdicate our Constitutional responsibility,\nthe powers of the Government will have to be recest SO that it can be done elsewhere.\"\nThe question being posed is whether Congress is willing to change its archaic\nbudget-handling procedures to make itself a modern institution which deserves to\nhave the power of the purse.\nThis fiscal year the Federal deficit is expected to be $25 billion--and then only\nbecause the President is holding Federal outlays to $250 billion. Our national debt\nis now approximately $444 billion, and the interest on that debt is $23.1 billion a year.\nIt would not be necessary for the President to impound funds if the Congress were\nmore responsible in its handling of the taxpayer's dollars.\nIn the closing hours of the last session, the Congress created a Joint Committee\nto recommend procedure for improving Congressional control over the budget. That\ncommittee will submit an interim report to the Congress on Feb. 15.\nThe committee's task is to formulate answers to weighty questions concerning the\nFederal budget. How do.we divide an overall figure among the various major priorities\nand programs. Who will exercise a degree of control over expenditures proposed in\n-2-\nlegislation?\nIf the Joint Committee on the Budget can come up with satisfactory answers to\nthese questions, it may be the Congress will resolve the crisis ower governmental\npowers which the Congre SS itself has precipitated.\n#######\nLIBRARY\nKENT COUNTY\nREPUBLICAN COMMITTEE\nELLIOTT A. SERAFIN\nCHAIRMAN\nMRS. ALBERT (PAT) LEE\nVICE-CHAIRMAN\nWILLIAM F. FISHER\nSECRETARY\nROBERT J. ELEVELD\nTREASURER\nPAUL G. GOEBEL, JR.\nFINANCE CHAIRMAN\nJanuary 19, 1973\nHon. Gerald R. Ford\nH-230 The Capitol\nWashington, D.C. 20515\nDear Jerry:\nThe Kent County Republican Committee is planning to re-activate\nits local newsletter which will be sent to the approximately\n6,000 individuals on our mailing list which includes all our\nworkers and contributors. I would like to include in the\nFebruary issue a. 300-word article from you entitled, \"A Report\nfrom Washington\".\nWe would like to go to press on January 31 and mail the\nnewsletter on February 5. The newsletter would contain a\nfront page story on the Lincoln Day Dinner and the young\npeoples' trip to Washington for the Inauguration.\nI hope you will be able to help us out.\nSincerely yours,\nBob\nRobert J. Eleveld\nCounty Chairman\nRJE/sc\nSent 1/26/73\nQUINTO B.FORD LIBRARY\n1435 GENESEE, S.E.\nGRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 49506\n(616) 459-0141\n5/22/73\nSENT TO GORDON\n\"Enthusiasm And Youth\"\nBY JERRY FORD\nWhenever I talk with young people, I think of a sentence once set\ndown on paper by the philosopher-poet Ralph Waldo Emerson.\nSaid Emerson: \"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.\"\nThe reason these words flash through my mind when I come into contact\nwith young people is that youth and enthusiasm go together. The young are\nfull of vitality; they are just naturally enthusiastic. And since young\npeople are naturally enthusiastic, they have tremendous potential for\nachieving greatness.\nRecently about 100 Boy Scouts from six troops in Ke-Wa-Can District 7\ncleaned up Plaster Creek in Wyoming city as a communtiy service project.\nWith the greatest of enthusiasm, the Scouts picked up tons of trash along\nthe creek banks during the volunteer operation.\nThis project was in the finest of American traditions--voluntarism-\nand it pointed up the fact that we cannot possibly come to grips withoour\nenvironmental problems without the kind of awareness being demonstrated by\nour young people.\nCleaning up our environment is an enormously complicated and difficult\nproblem. Anytime you push the environment in one place, it will bulge\nout someplace else.\nIt's been three years since the first Earth Day of April, 1970. Not\nonly have we experienced an increasing awareness of ecological problems\nbut we see an increasing understanding of how complicated it is to restore\nLIBRARY\nour environment and how costly and time-consuming it is.\nPage 2\nThe individual citizen definitely has a role to play in the cleanup\nof our environment--and this is especially true of our young people, with\ntheir splendid enthusiasm in tackling difficult problems.\nThe most significant successes I have seen in the fight to restore\nour environment have come where individual citizens--in many instances\nyoung people--have decided to do something about an environmental problem\naffecting them.\nSo often people tend to sit back and wait for the government to\nthrow money at a problem. But, as in the case of the Boy Scouts who\ncleaned up Plaster Creek, citizen action produces tremendous successes.\nI have seen many cleanups due largely to citizen efforts. And this is the\nbest way for young people to get involved.\nWe will, of course, be spending hundreds of billions of dollars to\nrestore and protect our environment. But there is no substitute for\ncitizen effort, andtheree is no substitute for the enthusiasm of youth.\n# # #\n6/14/73\nWritten Especailly for \"Michigan Police Officer,\" the official\npublication of The Michigan Professional Police Association.\nThe most ridiculous assertion being made in connection with\nthe Watergate Affair is that no longer can the Nixon Administration--\nor any Republican, for that matter--talk about law and order.\nThis statement is nonsensical because despite the fact\nthat the Watergate Affair first surfaced as a result of a breaking\nand entering, the present Administration has made tremendous\nprogress in fighting professional crime in America. And, with the\ncooperation of Congress, further advances can be expected.\nWe all remember what the situation was in the Sixties.\nPermissiveness. Violence. A real threat that crime was becoming\nuncontrollable. And, worst of all, the steps necessary to control\ncrime were not being taken.\nThe present Administration came to office in 1969 with a\nconviction that law and order had to be restored. One of the first\nactions taken by the Administration was the mounting of an all-out\nattack against crime in the United States.\nThe Administration beefed up the manpower in Federal\nenforcement and prosecution agencies.\nUnder prodding by the Administration, Congress enacted\nlegislation stepping up the fight against organized crime, drug\ntrafficking and crime in the District of Columbia.\nWith the Administration recommending higher figures, the\nCongress sharply increased Federal financial aid to State and\nlocal criminal justice systems until this aid totalled $1.5 billion\nfor the three fiscal years from 1970 through 1972.\nThis was a clear departure from the philosophy that had\npervaded national crime-fighting efforts up to that time. The\nresult was dramatic progress in bringing America back from a\nperiod of record-breaking levels of lawlessness.\nThrough the combined efforts of Federal, State and local\nagencies, serious crime in the United States is being brought\nunder control.\nAggressive leadership has produced positive results: Federal\naid to State and local law enforcement agencies has increased\nGERALD FORD LIBRARY\nPage 2\ndramatically; Justice Department funding has been augmented to\nprovide more marshals, more judges, more narcotics agents and more\nAssistant U. S. Attorneys in the field; 600 new Special F.B.I.\nagents have been added; and Federal spending on efforts to curb\njuvenile delinquency has increased twelvefold.\nWe have not only reversed the steady rise in the crime rate;\nwe have actually brought about a nationwide decrease in the rate\nof serious crime.\nThe Administration's goal of improving the American\ncorrectional system has been advanced, in large part, through\nthe initiative of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration\n(LEAA).\nCurrently the Congress is moving to extend the life of\nLEAA and to increase the authorizations for that agency to about\n$1 billion a year. LEAA also is being strengthened. It is being\nmade more accountable. The administration of assistance programs\nis being made more centralized. The formulas for matching Federal\nfunds are being simplified; and funding incentives for inter-\ngovernmental coordination and cooperation in areas of law\nenforcement and criminal justice are being provided.\nThe primary responsibility for fighting crime lies with\nthe States. The LEAA program aids those elements in our federal\nsystem which are best able to fight crime.\nOur anti-crime program is on the right track. We are\ntaking the right measures. The only way to attack crime in America\nis the way crime attacks our people--without pity.\nThis is why I am strongly supporting the Administration's\nlatest efforts to step up the war against crime--a comprehensive\nrevision of existing Federal criminal laws and the centralization\nof drug law enforcement efforts through creation of a new Federal\nDrug Enforcement Administration (FDEA).\nThe FDEA has become a reality as the result of an\nAdministration reorganization plan. It has become a reality because\na majority of the members of the U. S. House of Representatives\nhad sense enough to reject a move by the House Government Operations\nCommittee to disapprove the reorganization proposal.\nThe need for centralizing drug enforcement activities in\none Federal agency became clear during Floor debate. I strongly\nFORD\nLIBRARY\nPage 3\nsupported the establishment of this new agency.\nHow important is the sharpening of the attack against\ndrug trafficking? It is still estimated that one-third to\none-half of all individuals arrested for street crimes are\nnarcotics abusers and addicts.\nBut we are making progress in the war against drug addiction.\nNationwide, in the last two years, the rate of new addiction to\nheroin showed its first decline since 1964.\nNo single law enforcement problem has occupied more time,\neffort and money in the past four years than that of drug abuse\nand drug addiction.\nWhen the present Administration assumed office in 1969,\nonly $82 million was budgeted by the Federal Government for law\nenforcement, prevention and rehabilitation in the field of drug\nabuse. That figure has been increased to $785 million for fiscal\n1974, nearly 10 times as much.\nThe record shows that narcotics production has been\ndisrupted, more traffickers and distributors have been put out\nof business, and addicts and abusers have been treated and\nstarted on the road to rehabilitation.\nTurning again to the need for revision of existing Federal\ncriminal laws, let me emphasize that one of the greatest needs\nis to increase the sentences for heroin and morphine trafficking.\nI also favor restoration of the death penalty. Last\nMarch 22 I introduced the Administration bill providing for the\ndeath penalty for wartime treason and for murder committed under\ncertain circumstances. I believe the death penalty can be a\ndeterrent to crime.\nI strongly support general revision of the Federal criminal\nlaws because this will provide us with laws that are workable and\nresponsive to the demands of a modern Nation.\nMost crime in America does not fall under Federal\njurisdiction. Those who serve in the front lines of the war\nagainst crime are the State and local law enforcement authorities.\nBut the present Administration has been providing State and local\nauthorities with the leadership and the aid necessary to turn the\ntide against the criminal. As a consequence, we have won quiteord\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\n2\nPage 4\na few battles in our constant jousting with the forces of crime-\nand I think we are on our way to winning the war.\n# # #\nLIBRARY\nMICHIGAN POLICE OFFICER\nOfficial Publication of The Michigan Professional Police Association\n105 EAST WASHTENAW\nMICHIGANI\nSTATE\nLANSING, MICHIGAN 48933\nINTERNATIONAL\nPOLICE\nJune 4, 1973\nU. S. Congressman Gerald R. Ford\n425 Cherry Street, S. E.\nGrand Rapids, Michigan 49502\nOR\nDear Congressman Ford:\nIn early July, 3,000 Michigan law enforcement officers and their associ-\nates will begin receiving their official publication, the Michigan Police\nOfficer. This magazine will be the voice and educational medium of the\nMichigan Professional Police Association, a non-political organization of\nfull time law enforcement officers dedicated to improving the profession-\nalism of the individual officer and to playing a useful part in community\naffairs.\nI am the publication director of the Michigan Police Officer, working un-\nder the president of the association, Officer Edward Serwach of the Grosse\nPointe Shores Police Department.\nThis first issue would welcome an article by you on any facet of law enforce-\nment you are currently interested in, and of course will be accompanied by\nyour photograph and a sketch of your many accomplishments in Congress and\nwithin Michigan for the betterment of the criminal justice system.\nOther authorities to be represented in this issue include Governor Milliken,\nAttorney General Kelley, and national law enforcement figures.\nI know your article would please your Michigan officers, and I hope that\nyou will ask your press secretary to forward the article and photograph\nat his earliest convenience (our deadline is June 15; we can hold space for\nanother week if advised). Of course, I will send your office several copies\nof the magazine upon publication.\nWith advance appreciation and good wishes.\nSincerely,\nMICHIGAN POLICE OFFICER\nFw Coolyd\nJerry: Would you please\nO.K. Theattached article\nFrank W. Cooley, Jr.\nPublication Director\nassomas possible\nFWC:bk\ncc: Edward Serwach, President\nTheir deadline is June\nLIBRARY\n- Paul\nMICHIGAN POLICE OFFICER\nOfficial Publication of The Michigan Professional Police Association\n105 EAST WASHTENAW\nMICHIGAN\nLANSING, MICHIGAN 48933\nTOTAL POLICE\nJune 21, 1973\nN/A\nU. S. Congressman Gerald R. Ford\n425 Cherry Street, S. E.\nGrand Rapids, Michigan 49502\nDear Congressman Ford:\nWe are really pleased that you took time out from your crowded\nschedule to write an article especially for the inaugural issue\nof the Michigan Police Officer.\nI know our membership will be extremely interested to read what\nyou have to say about the efforts the Administration is making to\nbring crime under control. Your words expressing the conviction\nthat \"we are on our way to winning the war (against crime)\" will\nbe welcome to many ears.\nThank you also for your photograph and biographical material.\nYou have made a fine contribution to this issue and we hope that\nwe may in the future print further articles by you.\nWith appreciation and good wishes.\nSincerely,\nMICHIGAN POLICE OFFICER\nFrank W. Cooley, Jr.\nPublication Director\nFWC:bk\ncc: Edward Serwach, President\nGERALD FORD VIBRARY"
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