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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 9, folder \"5/18/75 - Reception Honoring Senator\nHugh Scott\" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R.\nFord Presidential 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 Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nDigitized from Box 9 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE PRESIDENT 5AS SHEN of\nRECEPTION HONORING SENATOR HUGH SCOTT\nMAY 18, 1975\n- 1 -\n(ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ENDING WITH:)\nHONORED MEMBERS AND GUESTS OF THE AMERICAN FRIENDS\nOF LU-BAH-VITCH\nt\nSHO-LOME !\nLOOK, FOR A GOY THAT ISN'T BAD !\n- 2 -\nIT IS A GREAT PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY TO JOIN\nWITH YOU IN HONORING MY GOOD FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE OF so MANY\nYEARS -- SENATOR HUGH SCOTT.\nHUGH HAS ALWAYS GIVEN ME\nHIS SUPPORT AND HIS WISE COUNSEL WHEN IT WAS NEEDED.\n- 3 -\nI MIGHT EVEN GO so FAR AS TO SAY THAT HUGH IS ONE OF THE FIRST\nPEOPLE I TURN TO WHEN I HAVE SORE-RESS\nAND IN THE LAST\n...\nFEW WEEKS, HAVE I N HAD SORE-RESS !\n- 4 -\nso TODAY, IT GIVES ME GREAT PERSONAL PLEASURE\nTO ADD MY VOICE TO YOURS AS WE SAY TO HUGH SCOTT ON THIS\nVERY SPECIAL OCCASION --- MAHZEL-TUFF.\n- 5 -\nWE ARE BLESSED IN COUNTLESS WAYS IN THIS COUNTRY\n-- NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE QUALITY AND CHARACTER OF\nTHE MEN AND WOMEN WHO GIVE LIFE TO THIS NATION.\n- 6 -\nTHE LEADERSHIP OF A GREAT PEOPLE IN A DEMOCRACY\nMAKES SPECIAL DEMANDS ON A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.\nHE MUST\nHAVE THE DESIRE TO KNOW WHAT IS ON PEOPLE'S MINDS,\nTHE\nWISDOM TO KNOW WHAT IS IN THEIR HEARTS\nAND THE COURAGE TO\nDO WHAT HE KNOWS IS RIGHT.\n- 7 -\nALL OF THESE QUALITIES ARE POSSESSED IN ABUNDANCE\nBY THE MAN YOU HONOR TODAY.\nI HAVE KNOWN HUGH SCOTT\nFOR MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.\nI HAVE VALUED HIS\nPERSONAL FRIENDSHIP.\nI HAVE ADMIRED HIS PROFESSIONAL\nINTEGRITY.\n- 8 -\nTHERE ARE FEW PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO HAVE so\nSUCCESSFULLY COMBINED THE SERIOUS DUTIES OF STATESMANSHIP\nWITH THE GOOD HUMOR AND GRACE WHICH ARE HUGH SCOTT'S\nTRADEMARKS.\n- 9 -\nYOU HONOR HIM TODAY FOR THE STAUNCH SUPPORT HE\nHAS GIVEN THE STATE OF ISRAEL SINCE ITS CREATION TWENTY-SEVEN\nYEARS AGO .\nIT IS AN HONOR HE RICHLY DESERVES.\nI\nKNOW HE WILL CHERISH IT.\n- 10 - -\nTHE REST OF THE NATION CONTINUES TO HONOR HIM AS\nA MAN OF CONVICTION WITH A TALENT FOR COMPROMISE; A MAN\nOF EXPERIENCE WHO LOOKS TO THE FUTURE; A MAN OF INTEGRITY\nWITH A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE; A MAN OF INTELLECT WHO CAN DO\nBATTLE WITH THE BEST OF THEM.\n- 11 -\nTHIS IS THE HUGH SCOTT I KNOW, THE HUGH SCOTT\nTHE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA LOVES -- THE MAN TO WHOM\nYOU PAY HIGH TRIBUTE TODAY.\n- 12 - -\nTHE LIBRARY CENTER YOU DEDICATE IN ISRAEL IN HIS\nNAME, AND THAT OF HIS LOVELY WIFE, MARIAN, IS A FITTING\nHONOR, SIGNIFYING AS IT DOES THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE WHICH\nMAN HAS GATHERED THROUGH THE AGES AND THE USE OF THAT\nKNOWLEDGE IN CONSTRUCTIVE PURSUITS.\n- 13 -\nNOTHING COULD BETTER CHARACTERIZE HUGH'S OWN\nLIFE NOR REFLECT MORE ACCURATELY THE PHILOSOPHY OF YOUR\nMOVEMENT.\n-14-\nYOU ARE COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE DEEP AND ABIDING FAITH\nOF THE JEWISH TRADITION FOR THE YOUNG AND SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS.\nYOUR DEVOTION HAS WON THE RESPECT AND APPRECIATION OF THOUSANDS,\nIN THIS COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.\nONE REASON IS THE\nLEADERSHIP OF RABBI SCHNEERSON WHO IS OBSERVING HIS TWENTY-FIFTH\nANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR AS HEAD OF THIS MOVEMENT.\n-15-\nMY WISH FOR YOU TONIGHT WAS BEST SAID BY ONE OF\nMY PREDECESSORS IN THE WHITE HOUSE -- AND I QUOTE: \"MAY THE\nCHILDREN OF THE STOCK OF ABRAHAM WHO DWELL IN THIS LAND CONTINUE\nTO MERIT AND ENJOY THE GOOD WILL OF THE OTHER INHABITANTS\n-16-\n\"MAY THE FATHER OF ALL MERCIES SCATTER LIGHT\nAND NOT DARKNESS IN OUR PATHS, AND MAKE US ALL IN OUR\nSEVERAL VOCATIONS USEFUL HERE, AND IN HIS OWN DUE TIME\nAND WAY, EVERLASTINGLY HAPPY.\"\n-17-\nTHE PRESIDENT WHO WROTE THESE WORDS WAS\nGEORGE WASHINGTON.\nTHE YEAR WAS 1790.\nTHE\nSPIRIT OF WHAT HE SAID IS AS ALIVE TODAY AS IT WAS THEN.\n-18-\nMY CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO SENATOR AND MRS. SCOTT\nAND MY THANKS TO YOU FOR LETTING ME JOIN\nIN THIS TRIBUTE.\nMAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.\nEND OF TEXT\nCLEARANCE FORM FOR PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH MATERIAL\nTO:\nTHE PRESIDENT\nVIA:\nROBERT HARTMANN\nFROM:\nPAUL A. THEIS AT\nSUBJECT:\nPresident's remarks at pre-dinner reception\nhonoring Senator Hugh Scott\nTIME, DATE AND PLACE OF PRESIDENTIAL USE:\n4:30 p.m., Sunday, May 18, Philadelphia\nSPEECHWRITER: Orben/Butler\nEDITED BY: Friedman/Theis\nBASIC RESEARCH/SPEECH MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY:\nScheduling, Advance\nCLEARED BY (Please initial):\n(X) OPERATIONS (Rumsfeld) RBC\n(X) CONGRESSIONAL/PUBLIC LIAISON (Marsh)\n(X) PRESS (Nessen) Jwst\n( ) LEGAL (Buchen)\n( ) ECONOMIC POLICY BOARD (Seidman)\n( ) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (Lynn)\n( ) DOMESTIC COUNCIL (Cannon)\n(X) RESEARCH (Waldron) LD\n(X) NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (Scowcroft) Rmsor\n(x) JERRY WARREN (FYI)\n( ) ENERGY RESOURCES COUNCIL (Zarb)\n(X)\n( )"
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