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The original documents are located in Box 6, folder "3/26/75 - White House Republican
Reception" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 6 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN of
WHITE HOUSE REPUBLICAN RECEPTION
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1975
- 1 -
I AM DELIGHTED so MANY OF YOU COULD JOIN BETTY
AND ME THIS EVENING, BECAUSE IT GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.
I CAN
THINK OF NO BETTER WAY TO THANK THE MOVERS AND MOTIVATERS
OF THE GRAND OLD PARTY -- THAN TO HAVE A GRAND OLD PARTY
RIGHT HERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
- 2 -
AND AS I LOOK ABOUT ME THIS EVENING, AT YOUR
ENERGY, YOUR VITALITY, YOUR DRIVE AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM --
I LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW REPUBLICAN RENAISSANCE.
THIS
WON'T BE THE GRAVEYARD OF THE ELEPHANTS!
- 3 -
MANY OF YOU ARE OLD ASSOCIATES.
YOU AND I HAVE
WORKED SUCCESSFULLY TOGETHER BEFORE AND I KNOW WE WILL CONTINUE
TO DO so IN THE FUTURE.
TO SHOW YOU WHAT HIGH VALUE I PUT
ON OLD ASSOCIATES -- LET ME JUST POINT OUT THAT FIVE MEMBERS
OF MY TOP PERSONAL STAFF ARE FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE: MILT FRIEDMAN, PAUL THEIS, BOB ORBEN, JACK CALKINS
AND KAYE PULLEN ALL SERVED ON THE HILL.
- 4 -
I REALLY SHOULDN'T SAY "OLD" ASSOCIATES.
FOR INSTANCE, IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT MILT FRIEDMAN, WHO
MANY OF YOU KNOW, IS WASHINGTON'S MOST ELIGIBLE,
MOST ATTRACTIVE, AND MOST SOPHISTICATED BACHELOR.
AND TONIGHT YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE ONE
WHO SAID IT -- MILT FRIEDMAN.
- 5 -
AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, MY TOP STAFF ALSO
INCLUDES GWEN ANDERSON, FORMERLY A MEMBER OF THE
NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
- 6 -
THE JOB BEFORE US, AS A PARTY, IS IMMENSE.
BUT I MEANT EXACTLY WHAT I SAID EARLIER THIS MONTH AT THE
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
WE ARE GOING UP FROM NOW ON.
WE ARE GOING TO RECAPTURE SEATS WE LOST IN 1974.
WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE SEATS THAT WE HAVEN'T HELD BEFORE.
AND
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OVER STATEHOUSES ALL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.
- 7 -
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE GET so CAUGHT UP IN
OUR OWN CONCERNS, WE FORGET THE DEMOCRATS HAVE PROBLEMS
TOO.
AS I POINTED OUT AT THE GRIDIRON DINNER LAST
SATURDAY NIGHT, THE DEMOCRATS ARE FACED WITH ONE OF THE
MOST PRESSING AND SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS OF OUR TIME.
THEY NOW HAVE TO DECIDE IF MOE UDALL'S CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT --
HAS PEAKED TOO SOON!
- 8 -
IN THE UPCOMING CAMPAIGNS, YOUR WORK WILL BE
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER BEFORE, FOR TWO REASONS:
FIRST, THE CAMPAIGNS WILL BE SHOE-LEATHER CAMPAIGNS TO A
HIGH DEGREE.
THIS IS so -- LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE
LIMITS ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND SPENDING UNDER THE NEW LAW.
SECOND, YOUR FUND-RAISING EFFORTS FOR ALL CANDIDATES
WILL BE CRUCIAL, CRITICAL PARTS OF OUR TOTAL EFFORT.
- 9 -
I AM ALSO GREATLY PLEASED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THE TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL,
STANDING-ROOM ONLY, LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EARLIER THIS MONTH.
MY SPECIAL THANKS GO TO MARY LOUISE SMITH, EDDIE MAHE (MYY)
AND TO THE FIVE VERY CAPABLE LADIES WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE
DRAMATIC SUCCESS OF THE CONFERENCE -- KIT DONAHUE (DONNA-HUE),
JACKIE NYSTROM (NYE-STRUM), CATHY BERTINI (BER-TEENIE),
JANE GRIGOR (GRIGG-ER) AND CHERYL JACKSON.
- 10 -
LOOKING AHEAD, I CONGRATULATE EACH OF YOU
ON THE HARD WORK YOU ARE PUTTING IN ON THE SENATE-HOUSE
FUND-RAISING DINNER NEXT MONTH --
TO HELP RAISE MONEY
FOR THE 1976 CAMPAIGNS.
- 11 -
IF WE ARE GOING TO BROADEN THE BASE OF THE PARTY --
TO MAKE THE POLITICS OF ADDITION -- INSTEAD OF SUBTRACTION --
WORK, WE MUST COMMIT OURSELVES AGAIN AND AGAIN TO
ACCOMMODATION, CONCILIATION AND COOPERATION -- NOT TO
MENTION HARD WORK.
THE SPIRIT I SEE HERE THIS EVENING
IS THE BEST PROOF THAT WE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
THANK YOU ALL --
VERY MUCH.
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