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John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Christian Science Monitor
Thursday, May 22, 1975
'The U.S. is not a paper tiger'
Congress backs up Ford's
defense stance
By Richard L. Strout
Staff correspondent of
The Christian Science Monitor
Washington
Nations of the world take note: Congress is supporting
strengthen America's good offices on the
President Ford's defense posture.
Cyprus question and thereby to strengthen the
Assassination of two U.S. Air Force officers in Tehran will
North Atlantic Treaty Alliance. He asked for
..
Christian Science Monitor
Thursday, May 22, 1975
Joseph C. Harsch
The Mayaguez affair
Almost everyone in high places in Washing-
ton was delighted by the outcome. In two
respects they were entitled to be delighted.
assumptions. The first was in thinking that it
The freighter Mayaguez was released with its
was necessary to mount an assault on the
entire crew. And while Henry Kissinger
island to get the crew members. They were
asserted that "we are not going around
never on the island. And second was in
looking for opportunities to prove our man-
expecting no resistance when in fact the island
hood." the fact remains that he and those
was heavily manned and armed.
around him acted as though they had proved
Anyone might make the first of these
mistekes of eocumntion It was not nossible
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Thursday, May 22, 1975
Energy legislation points
to era of new discipline
By Stewart Dill McBride
Staff writer of
Christian Science Monitor
Thursday, May 22, 1975
Congress
If the veto is overridden in House and
Senate, strip mining will be subjected to strict
environmental controls. This would cause
yields lead
some loss of production, though estimates
vary. Sponsors of the bill, apparently con-
vinced that they did not have enough votes to
override the veto, postponed a vote May 21
on energy
until June 10.
In other areas Consumer prices jumped 0.6
percent in April, reflecting higher prices for
Higher oil prices
some food products, gasoline, used cars,
furniture, houses, and some services, reports
expected for U.S.
the U.S. Department of Labor.
The April increase, while double that of
By Harry B. Ellis
March, does not change predictions that the
Staff correspondent of
1975 consumer inflation rate will be 6 or 7
The Christian Science Monitor
percent, compared with 12.2 percent for all of
Washington
1974.
Congress is yielding the initiative on energy
to President Ford, setting the stage for higher
Much steam has gone out of inflation, at
least in the short term. chiefly because the
Washington Post - Thurs., 5/22/75
Udall, Others Taking Wallace
Seriously in Democratic Race
In all these states, there is
By Jules Witcover
word that his health is no
increasing worry that Wal-
They are not vying for the
Washington Post Staff Writer
Barrier to his candidacy, to
lade, running first in a
liberal wing of the party but
After a long period of
call upon him to prove it by
multi-candidate field, could
instead are seeking to oc-
treating George C. Wallace
extensive personal cam-
skim off a controlling share
cupy and broaden the center
with kid gloves and minimiz-
paigning in primary states.
of the delegates with a plu-
ground. They above the oth-
ing his potential as a 1976
Wallace's strategists, taking
rality vote, perhaps as low
ers hope to pick up Wallace
presidential candidate, a
into account his depend-
as 25 per cent in a large
voters if he falters, and, ac-
growing realization that he
ènce on a wheel-chair after
enough field. And because
cordingly, neither has indi-
must be taken' seriously is
loss of use of his. legs in the
proportional representation
cated he will join in the new
stirring liberal Democrats to
May, 1972, shooting, are
applies under 1976 Demo-
anti-Wallace emphasis.
Seven and a half months
Washington Post - Thurs., 5/22/75
Panel Urges Ford
To Set Up Formal
Campaign Group
By Lou Cannon and Carroll Kilpatrick
Washington Post Staff Writers
President Ford has been
urged by his political advisory
group not to take a conserva-
According to senators pres-
Another presidential adviser
tive challenge within the Re-
ent at the meeting, Mr. Ford
publican Party for granted
did not make a formal an-
predicted that the announce-
ment will be made soon after
and to move swiftly in estab-
nouncement of his candidacy.
lishing a formal campaign or-
But Sen. Robert P. Griffin
the President returns from his
of Michigan, the Senate mi-
European trip early in June.
ization.
nor
ship, said that "if there
Reagan, meanwhile, has not
The consensus of all the
doubt in
vet indicated whether he will
Washington Post - Fri., 5/23/75
Jerry V. Wilson
George Wallace's Crime Statistics
A few weeks ago I was engaged in a
Wallace was first elected governor.
seminar discussion with a group of
"From 1965 to 1974, the crime index of
But the Uniform Crime Reports note
citizens from around the nation, talk-
"Incomplete reports" for Montgomery
ing about the upward crime trends that
for 1962, 1963, and 1964; it was neces-
America has suffered over the past
Montgomery has increased 84 per cent;
sary to begin with 1965.
couple of decades and the particular
From 1965 to 1974, the crime index
problems that crime has inflicted on
for Washington it is up 61 per cent."
of Montgomery has increased 84 per
our cities. Inevitably, the discussion
cent; for Washington it is up 61 per
turned to Washington, and whether or
cent. In 1974 alone, Montgomery crime
not this city is "safe."
increased 20 per cent; Washington
ashington Post - Fri., 5/23/75
Stephen S. Rosenfeld
Canal Zone:
Like other children of the right
who resent that the United States
cannot just have its way in the world,
Thurmond regards American diplo-
mats essentially as agents planted by
hostile governments within our own.
A Test of
That President Ford should even con-
sider negotiating a new Canal treaty
with Panama he attributes, darkly, to
"the influence of the State Depart-
ment."
Leadership
From the ranks of the Americans
who live and work in the Canal Zone
and from some parts of the military
and other special interests that enjoy
I went up to the Senate to see
the status quo, Thurmond apparently
Strom Thurmond, leader of the forces
runs a formidable intelligence net-
opposing an eventual negotiated return
work, which seems to feed him all
of the Panama Canal to Panama,
manner of tips and information on
wondering whether, in this stick-
what the enemy-that is to say, the
figure symbol of American jingoism,
State Department-is about.
there is any redeeming streak of sen-
interest sitivity to enlightened national self-
In April he came upon something
worthy enough to produce "
Washington Post - Sat., 5/24/75
The Gallup Poll
Kennedy First Choice of Democrats for "76
By George Gallup
Rounding out the top 675 adult Democrats inter- nominated as the Democratic
PRINCETON, N.J.-Despite
choices are Sen. Hubert H.
viewed nationwide between
candidate for President in 1976?
his announcement last fall
Humphrey of Minnesota, 9 per
May 2 and May 5:
Sen. Edward Kennedy
36%
that he will not run, Sen. Ed-
cent; Sen. Henry M: Jackson
Here is a list of people who
Gov. George Wallace
15
Sen. Hubert Humphrey
,
ward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) is
of Washington, 6 per cent,
have been mentioned as possi-
Sen. Henry Jackson
easily the top choice of Demo-
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of
Sen. Edmund Muskie
ble presidential candidates
Washington Post - Sat., 5/24/75
Floyd K. Haskell
FORD : LIBRARY QERALD
Mr. Hathaway's Error
The environmental record of former
act, for which Hathaway also took
Wyoming Gov. Stariley. K. Hathaway
credit, was passed for similar reasons.
But they raised questions about the
"Furthering his program to beau-
accuracy of the document and it is
need never have become an issue in
tify the State," the document said,
Gov. Hathaway's answers to those
his confirmation as Secretary of In-
terior. The Senate rarely denies the
"Hathaway saw the enactment of the
questions that force me to vote against
President his choices for Cabinet offi-
Abandoned Vehicles Act." The act is
him.
nothing more than standard state law
Do, I impose too high a standard-
cers and, as a practical matter, their
permitting law enforcement officials
basic honesty-on a nominee? I think
backgrounds need satisfy only him.
to confiscate and retitle abandoned
not. That is a standard to which we
But Mr. Hathaway and the members
vehicles. Other states had similar
all subscribe, publically at least, and
of his staff made a very serious error.
statutes long before Wyoming acted,
in principle. We might well fall short
To counter environmentalists' opposi-
The Hathaway document notes
in practice. But when we in elective
tion-which was wholly predictable
that "three new Wyoming state parks
office fall short, we must expect to be
and avid but scarcely a barrier to his
were created" during his administra-
held accountable by the voters; there
confirmation-they circulated a docu-
tion. It fails to mention that the state
is no such direct accountability for
ment, "The Hathaway Administration
already owned the park lands, which
cabinet officers. Our fitness, integrity
and the Environment-1967-1974."
total less than 1,800 acres in a state
and qualifications are examined in the
The document, which was handed to
that owns over 4 million acres.
elections contest; theirs in the confir-
Hathaway takes credit for passage
mation process.
The writer is a Democratic senator
of the 1969 Open Cut Land Reclama-
The test is the same in both cases;
tion Act, Wyoming's first strip mining
the penalty for failing it should also
from Colorado.
legislation. The document states that.
be the same-whether it is imposed
under this bill, "the Commissioner of
by the voters or by the Senate, which
Public Lands was given the authority
judges seekers of high office whom
me by a White House aide when Gov.
Hathaway made a routine courtesy
to issue mining permits conditioned
the électorate cannot reach. If the ad-
call presumably was distributed to
upon a satisfactory reclamation plan
vise and consent process is to mean
form.
anything in this era of national dis-
WASHINGTON POST - Sun., 5/25/75
LIBRARY
FORD
076830
Keeping Up With Youth
by Pamela Swift
Disenchanted Youth
and local politician over 30 to the
Seventy-three percent believe most major politi-
nearest YMCA, high school, or col-
cal campaigns are crooked.
For the last five years an organiza-
lege campus to rap with the kids.
Eighty-three percent think that our system does
tion in Northbrook, III., called
An overwhelming 81 percent of
not provide equal justice for all citizens.
WASHINGTON POST - Sun., 5/25/75
Jack Anderson
The Civil Service Is Breaking Down
ment negotiators were drawn largely
The Civil Service System, which is
1969. Citing "very special circum-
from the industries with which they
supposed to keep politics out of the
stances," the aide asked Hampton's
negotiate. Such hiring sources, said the
working level of government, is break-
help in finding a job for a Whittier,
report, "tend to restrict the intake of
ing down.
Calif., woman.
Negroes and women into line profes-
The commissioners, who are en-
The credentials she listed in her ap-
sional jobs."
trusted to police the system, have
In the southwest region of the Im-
abused it themselves. They have
plication were strictly political. Not
helped to plant political favorites in
only did she come from Nixon's home
migration Service, some old racial ca-
nards were turned up. "The simple
civil service jobs. They have failed to
town, but she had worked in all his po-
fact is that they, Negroes, do not want
stop discrimination against deserving
litical campaigns since 1946. During
the 1968 presidential race, she served
a general service type job with govern-
federal servants. This had led to lower
ment," wrote one local supervisor, be-
morale and lower productivity.
under Edward Nixon in the campaign
traying his racial prejudice. "They
And we have the documents to prove
mail room. She gave Donald Nixon as
it, documents that have been sup-
a reference. Without hesitation, Hamp-
prefer to work in the blue collar posi-
tions."
pressed by the Civil Service Commis-
ton ignored the regulations he is sup-
At Lompoc prison in California,
posed to enforce and forwarded her re-
sion.
the investigators discovered that
It isn't popular to defend the bu-
sume to the Health, Education and
"employment of Spanish-surnamed mi-
reaucrats, those unsung soldiers of the
Welfare Department. His private files
swivel chair. More often damned than
show he has intervened in dozens of
By Tom Kleh for The Washington Post
by the citizens they serve the
other cases.
Washington Post - Mon., 5/26/75
Mayaguez Challenged Ford 'Image'
By Jack Anderson
Congress before introducing
he said, "I disagree with Mike. I
Then, as an afterthought, he
and Les Whitten
U.S. armed forces into hostili-
don't think the act applies to pi-
added: "We did have a time
:
ties or into situations where im-
racy. It was intended to cover
problem to coordinate our plan-
Several weeks before the
minent involvement in hostili-
aggressive action."
ning."
Cambodians seized the U.S.
ties is clearly indicated."
Sen. Democratic Whip Robert
In the first test of the War
merchant ship Mayaguez, Presi-
But not until he had ordered
C. Byrd (W.Va.) asked why the
Powers Act, the President re-es-
dent Ford began to look for a
the Marines to proceed with the
leaders weren't consulted "at
tablished his authority to order
dramatic way to demonstrate
rescue did Mr. Ford call con-
least at the time the decision
military forces into action with
that the United States wasn't go-
gressional leaders to the White
was being made." He, too, was
no more than advance notifica-
Washington Post - Tues., 5/27/75
The Congressional Recess
C
ONGRESS RECESSED for 10 days last week and we
going to represent the views of their constituents, they
are among those who think that is a good thing.
ought to be able to spend more time with them than
Maybe-just maybe-this interlude will refresh the
the legislative schedules of recent years have permitted.
spirits and minds of its members so that they can get
Indeed, the advent of air conditioning may have been
on with some of the country's urgent business when
detrimental to this interplay of legislator and constituent
they return. A few days' exposure to constituents or
because, without air conditioning, the Washington sum-
to foreign countries or, even, to quiet time out on the
mer provided a special incentive for Congress to go
porch may be what is needed just now. So many things
home.
are bogged down on Capitol Hill that a few days off
won't hurt.
Indeed, a case can be made that the more time
is
Congress spends in Washington, the less it does. The
Washington Post - Tues., 5/27/75
Mayton Fritchey
The Public and Korea
"intends to live up to our obligations."
sensitive over adding to the "paper ti-
North Korea (a left-wing
torship) and South Korea (a right-
The government in Seoul has been
ger" image,
Aving! dictatorship) become involved in
putting pressure on the White House
When the dust settles in Asiá, though,
wnother civil war, as seems probable, is
not only to maintain our troops in
and attention is again focused on
the United States prepared to inter-
South Korea but to step up our mili-
the brutal repressions of the undemoc-
venn militarily or isn't it? There could
tary aid.
ratic government of South Korea, Con-
hardly be a more crucial question
The Seoul line is that anything less
gress and the public will have to ask
would make the United States look
themselves if they want to risk an-
The American public's answer is
like a paper tiger. The leader of South
other 500,000 casualties and another
President Ford's answer is
Unfortunately. that means the
Korea's main opposition party, Kim
$150 billion in trying to salvage still
military
Washington Post - Tues., 5/27/75
Ford
BERALD GF R. FORD LIBRARY
Advisers on "76 Lack Experience
By Lou Cannon
Within the committee
Calif.) in 1972.
there are doubts that Burch,
Washington Post Staff Writer
"We won't be able to try
Nixon administration.
who is trying to re-establish
trial and error this time be-
On July 20, 1973, less than
The men who are advising
a Washington law practice,
fore settling on a winning
three weeks before Nixon's
Gerald R. Ford on how to
has the time or the inclina-
combination," said one pres-
resignation, Burch assailed
win a full term in 1976 are
tion to oversee the cam-
idential adviser. "We need
the House Judiciary Com-
long on age and friendship
paign on a full-time basis.
first-rate management from
mittee's impeachment pro-
with the President, and con-
Laird, who has said that his
the start."
ceedings as "a black spot on
siderably short on practical
responsibilities on various
boards and as vice president
This management is not
jurisprudence." He also ac-
experience in a successful
of Reader's Digest prevent
easily found among Mr.
cused the committee of us-
national political campaign.
Ford's advisers, most of
ing "hired guns" to attack
him from taking the cam-
Nixon.
"There are some good peo-
paign director's job, has pre-
whom are intimately associ-
ple in the group," says a
dicted that Burch will head
ated with Congress and with
Such statements are likely
prominent Republican. "But
the world of government
to come back to haunt the
the organization until the
there isn't a single pencil-
rather than with presiden-
Ford campaign, some presi-
Republican convention next
pusher in the lot."
tial campaigns.
dential strategists believe, if
summer.
Burch directs it They there
Washington Post - Wed., 5/28/75
LIBRARY
FORD
is
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak
07V839
Ford's Voting Rights Strategy
President Ford's continuation of a
south to flush out racial discrimina-
southern political strategy in a form
"Mr. Ford has gambled that southerners
tion in voting.
too diluted to be recognized by its
This approach has been tested pri-
original architects, Richard M. Nixon
and John Mitchell, is emerging from
will prefer him to Reagan and Wallace as the most
vately by the administration with both
Reed and NAACP lobbyist Clarence
backstage efforts to satisfy southern
Mitchell (another striking contrast to
Republican complaints over voting
realistic alternative to a liberal Democrat."
Nixon days, when the White House
rights legislation.
could not care less what the NAACP
For weeks the southerners have
thought). Their first responses: favor-
failed to persuade the Ford adminis-
able.
tration to propose, as Nixon did, that
Te Time
sage in 1965 or its 1970 five-year re- clared no bill at all might be better
But the administration might do
Washington Post - - Wed., 5/28/75
Mostly Captains to Be Told to Leave
Army, Air Force to Oust Officers
By Jerry T. Baulch
year, depending on how many
force from a peak 170,000 in
2,700 whose records are being
Associated Prese
leave voluntarily.
fiscal 1969 10 98,000 in the fis-
reviewed.
Many Army and Air Force
-So far, 512 reserve Air
cal year ahead.
The captains claimed their
officers, mostly captains, are
Force officers have been or-
The Marine Corps and Navy
release is arbitrary and that
due to get word in the months
dered out by July 31. This is
plan no forced reductions in
the reviewing board does not
ahead that they'll be forced to
in addition to 621 others told
the year ahead, but the Navy
consider records on an individ-
leave the military as the serv-
to be out by June 27.
plans to cut back about 1,500
ual basis.
icos gear down from the Viet-
The 621 brings to 1,500 the
officers by other means. , th
Captains more than other
nam era.
total of reserve officers that
The Army is cutting back a
An Army personnel board is
the Air Force has forced out
ranks are getting forced out
total of 4.400 officers in the
because
The recent decision to launc
According to this official,
New York Times
a Marine assault to retake the
who is not a member of the
Wednesday, May 28, 1975
American merchantman Maya
National Security Council, the
gliez and her crew was an ex-
council urged the President to
Emple.
adopt a policy of leaving the
"Look at the picture of the
door open to United States aid
Ford Foreign Policy
N.S.C. meeting," said one rank-
to Vietnam and Cambodia
ing aide when asked who had
through third parties such as
participated in advising the
the United Nations or private
Dims Kissinger Role
President what to do about the
organizations, while ruling out
Mayagüez. The White House
any direct American aid to
photographs of the National
Indochina.
Security Council meeting at
This policy was opposed by
'Excess Baggage' Gone
which the decision to attack
other White House advisers, In-
A New Imprint
But, as one aide said, re-
was made show that a number
cluding Mr. Marsh, who told
By PHILIP SHABECOFF
flecting a view widely held in
of Presidential advisers who
the President that Congress
the White House, Mr. Ford's
are not officially involved in
would "go through the roof"
Special to The New York Times
trip will mark the first time in
foreign policy were there.
at any suggestion of American
WASHINGTON, May 27-On
over a decade that a United
They. included Donald Rums.
money being spent in Indo-
the eve of President Ford's
States President will journey to
feld, the White House staff di-
china, according to the White
week-long trip to Europe, White
Europe without having to carry
rector, and John O. Marsh Jr.
House official.
House advisers are saying that
"the excess baggage" of Amer-
and Robert T. Hartmann, Presi-
The President decided to op-
he is reducing his reliance on
ican involvement in Indochina.
dential counselors. Mr. Rums-
pose all aid.
Another White House official
feld is a former NATO ambas-
Another case mentioned was
Secretary of State Kissinger
close to the President asserted
sador. Mr. Marsh is responsi-
last winter's conference on
and assuming increasing com-
that, up to now, President Ford
ble for White House relations
food in Rome, during which
mand over his own foreign
has spent most of his Presi-
with Congress and Mr. Hart-
Secretary Kissinger pressed the
policy.
dency "clearing the decks"-in
mann is the President's chief
President repeatedly to an-
The President retains full
domestic as well as foreign pol-
political adviser in the White
nounce a specific American
icy. Since replacing Richard M.
House.
confidence in his Secretary of
commitment for food aid. The
Nixon last August, this official
These and other members of
President, according to ac-
State and generally shares Mr.
said, Mr. Ford has spent al-
the White House staff are in-
counts from the White House,
Kissinger's views on diplomacy,
most all of his energies coping
creasingly being brought into
rejected the advice.
the officials said. But recent in-
with the problems he inherited
foreign policy. All three of
Kissinger Still First
terviews with White House and
from his predecessor: Water-
them, for example, helped with
other Adminictration officesla
gate. the economy and South-
the President's speech on for-
The White House officials
Washington Post - Fri. May 30, 1975
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak
Strip Mining, Energy and Politics
The basic reason President Ford
ed state regulation prevents the en-
defied conventional political logic to
late and forceful figures: Environmen-
vironmental outrages of oldtime strip-
cast his second veto of a bill to con-
tal Protection Administrator Russell
mining, they shuddered over 5,000 new
trol strip-mining was summed up in
federal regulatory bureaucrats. More
Train and Federal Energy Adminis-
private advice from Dr. Arthur Burns,
important, they considered vital a
trator Frank Zarb.
chairman of the Federal Reserve
precedent of Mr. Ford's giving en-
Train, arguing for federal regula-
Board.
ergy priority over environment in a
tion of strip-mining, contended Con-
Burns, the nation's independent
forthcoming series of such choices.
gress had gone far toward meeting
central banker, is not a member of
Nevertheless, there was little veto
the administration. But his views are
administration objections and, there-
optimism at FEA. They feared, that,
respected by Mr. Ford, and he often
fore, the new bill should be signed.
having drawn fire from environmen-
attends White House councils. He was
talists for his first strip-mining veto
Zarb vigorously disputed that, main-
present at one of the two sessions
last December, Mr. Ford would not
taining Congress really had changed
discussing the strip-mining bill and
risk another barrage.
nothing. He then urged a veto - to
was asked his opinion. His pithy re-
Some major figures in last Decem-
maximize coal production, prevent un-
Washington Post - Fri., 5/30/75
Other Voices
FORDO is LIBRARY 9ERALD
The Mayaguez Affair
There is a clear parallel between
and must choose its own way
Thai-
the case of the "Mayaguez" and the
land will continue friendly relations
dians thought they were doing, if they
political hijacking of a passenger air-
with the Americans, as they establish
thought at all Perhaps somebody did
craft Cambodia ... [was] aiming
closer relations with the Chinese and
some independent buccaneering in or-
to show the world that the eagle
Russian people
has lost its claws. Instead they provid-
-Bangkok Post (independent).
der to prove his mettle ...
ed a timely opportunity for the U.S.
Perhaps
to demonstrate that it will con-
Some of the marines airlifted to
is was some sort of deliberate test or
tinue to play its global role as the
Thailand came from the Philippines.
provocation designed to discredit the
leader and main support of the free
If we do not end the use of our bases
United States or damage still further
world
as departure points for military opera-
her relations with Thailand
What-
-Toronto Star (independent).
tions in other countries we will soon
ever the explanation the reaction of
be in trouble.
the United States appears on present
What has happened is a victory for
-Daily Express, Manila (Government).
evidence to have been both right and
the hawks in the U.S. Congress and
effectively executed.
the Pentagon. By its arrogant use of
Pres. Ford gambled and succeeded
...
But Southeast Asia no doubt is
-The Times, London (independent).
armed might against a small country
already ravaged by war the U.S. has
still convinced about the worth of U.S.
The rescue of the American mer-
lost much and gained little ...
Using
commitments. One "Mayaguez" does
chant ship "Mayaguez" and her crew
a sledgehammer to swat a fly is a
not prove that Washington has thrown
has done far more than restore some
strange way of restoring U.S. credi-
off the deadly lassitude of its Asian
of the "face" America lost in Indo-
bility
performances in recent months.
china after all her military defeats
-Indian Express, New Delhi, Bombay
New Nation,
there. It has also given the greatest
Singapore (independent)
nation in the
- Fri., 5/30/75
The Gallup Poll
Kennedy '76 Favorite
By George Gallup
PRINCETON, N.J., May 28, In a sampling May 2-5, 676
-Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
Democratic voters and 549
(D-Mass.), despite his non-
who consider themselves in-
candidate status, holds a com-
dependents were asked:
Suppose the choice for Presi-
manding lead over the three
dent in the convention in 1976
Washington Post - Sat., May 31, 1975
Sen. Percy
Is Critical
Pat
Of Ford
Los Angeles Times
CHICAGO, May 30-Sen.
Charles H. Percy (R-Ill.) said
in
Thursday he had been
shocked to find "paper thin"
support for President Ford in
Illinois and said that he would
consider running for the 1976
Republican presidential nomi-
nation if the President did not
demonstrate greater leader-
ship in solving problems fac-
ing the country.
Percy's criticisms of the
President marked a sharp
3'
change from his previous sup-
port and were among the first
from a leading member of the
GOP's liberal wing.
Percy was particularly crit-
ical of the President's energy
speech, parts of which he
termed "se amateurish
Washington Post - Sat., May 31, 1975
Ford's Blast at Congress Is Cast in the
Truman Mold
When I called them back
ties despite the vast differ-
many others are calling him
and 1952. Adlai E. Steven-
he put his reputation on the
they were to elect Speaker
into session, what did they
ences in politics, style, and
a great President.
son, Truman's choice to suc-
do? Nothing. Nothing. That
line in the campaign.
of the House. Truman let
Congress never did any-
objectives, but it just may
Although Mr. Ford may
ceed him, promised that if
the the whole time it was
solace in thinking of how
elected he would clean up
Last year, despite sure
Fulbright know what he
not realize it he has en-
"the minall form
knowledge that his party
thought of him in colorful