Ask the Scholar

{
    "localId": "6713613",
    "label": "The G.O.P.'s Image Today - What It Is Vs. What It Should Be?",
    "core": "doc",
    "dtoType": "document",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6713613"
}

{
    "id": "6713613",
    "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6713613",
    "contentType": "document",
    "title": "The G.O.P.'s Image Today - What It Is Vs. What It Should Be?",
    "citationUrl": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6713613",
    "collections": [
        "Gerald R. Ford's Material from the Writing of \"A Time to Heal\"",
        "Interviews and Subject Files"
    ],
    "subjects": [
        "Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )",
        "Presidential personal matters"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/7136/6713613/content/library/document/0065/atth-gop.pdf",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/7136/6713613/content/library/document/0065/atth-gop.pdf",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/7136/6713613/content/library/document/0065/atth-gop.pdf",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "hasImages": true,
    "source": "import",
    "hasTranscription": false
}

{
    "url": "https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6713613",
    "naId": 6713613,
    "coverageEndDate": {
        "logicalDate": "1978-12-31",
        "year": 1978
    },
    "coverageStartDate": {
        "dateQualifier": "ca.",
        "logicalDate": "1977-01-01",
        "year": 1977
    },
    "levelOfDescription": "item",
    "recordType": "description",
    "ocrSource": "nara-archive"
}

{
    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "document",
    "url": "https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/7136/6713613/content/library/document/0065/atth-gop.pdf",
    "mediaId": "92b862bc10a48bb7",
    "ocrText": "President Gerald R. Ford's handwritten reflections, 1977 or 1978\nScanned from the collection Gerald R. Ford: Materials from the writing of A Time\nTo Heal at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nWhile writing his autobiography, A Time to Heal (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), President\nGerald R. Ford composed a series of personal reflections on twenty-seven topics. What makes\nthese documents so unusual is not only their introspection but also their form. President Ford\nrecorded these observations by hand, writing in blue ball point on his favored yellow writing\ntablets. He did not expend time and energy to polish and edit his writing, apparently planning to\ndo so when incorporating them into the book. Therefore occasional spelling or grammatical\nerrors or incomplete thoughts appear.\nFor each reflection the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library has scanned President Ford's\nhandwritten document and added a Library-produced transcription below to aid in reading the\nreflection.\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.\nThe M.D.P;s image today what it is us\nwhat it should la?\nThe H.O.P. image today is negative and The mumber\nef ective offices hell reflect The public impression. Watergate\nhas its mesidue. The 6.0.P Engressional emage is one\nof distructionsm. the big business ante within label\npersists, Minortes & the pom are destructful.\nThis image in many enstances is unlersevel in\nfact, Watergate being The principal exception. The problem my\nto make the fuck young concide with the pet. In the Engress\nthe Regulticans, althor antnumbered two to one, fought\nfor the economic 4 energy policies of a Regublism President\n+ these policies were sound of successful in reducing the\nvote of inflation and producing more jobs in the provate\nsector. Republism afforts in the Homez + Senate under a Demonstr\nPressdent are still affirmative on principal but with The White House\nof the Longress in Demonatic hands the impossion is and\nRepublican tus to big are menemal, in makey no more\nthen than The smounts. Big browness foremently supports\nDemonts in Engrees as much or more than Refublicons\nThe lenders organized labor, and they control the prease\nstrings, The publications of The memporer, are aligued with the\nDemosrate, but the workingmen, with organizat emorgancycl,\nare not teed inverously to the Democrate especially at The\nnational level. of The lose flood contest\nMinorters 4 the porr are a special problem.\nThe Republians must do two things - make an hondst\neffort to show that our domestic policies are meaningful\nstanding allegrance to the Democrats 4 the distriction of\nsuccessful. it is a tough job because of the long\nfact. In addition, must by word of deal\nshow concern for the problems in this part of our safety.\nRequblisms have a good need 4 amage\nstaying and of was and international leadership -\nin foreign policy. It is the of peace - inding wars,\nThis accusiment must be afformatively sold\nThe G.O.P.'s image today - what it is vs what it should be?\nThe G.O.P. image today is negative and the number of elective offices held reflect the public\nimpression. Watergate has its residue. The G.O.P. Congressional image is one of\nobstructionism. The big business anti workingman label persists. Minorities & the poor are\ndistrustful.\nThis image in many instances is undeserved in fact, Watergate being the principal exception.\nThe problem is to make the image coincide with the fact. In the Congress the Republicans, altho\noutnumbered two to one, fought for the economic & energy policies of a Republican President &\nthese policies were sound & successful in reducing the rate of inflation and producing more jobs\nin the private sector. Republican efforts in the House & Senate under a Democratic President are\nstill affirmative on principal but with the White House & the Congress in Democratic hands the\nimpression is one of obstructionism. Republican ties to big business are minimal, in reality no\nmore than those of the Democrats. Big business financially supports Democrats in Congress as\nmuch or more than Republicans. The leaders of organized labor, and they control the purse\nstrings, the publications & the manpower, are aligned with the Democrats, but the workingmen,\nboth organized & unorganized, are not tied irrevocably to the Democrats, especially at the\nnational level. Eisenhower, Nixon & the close Ford contest.\nMinorities & the poor are a special problem. The Republicans must do two things - make an\nhonest effort to show that our domestic policies are meaningful & successful. It is a tough job\nbecause of the long standing allegiance to the Democrats & the distortion of fact. In addition,\nRepublicans must by word & deed show concern for the problems in this part of our society.\nRepublicans have a good record & image in foreign policy. It is one of peace - ending wars,\nstaying out of wars and international leadership. This achievement must be affirmatively sold."
}