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The original documents are located in Box 9, folder "5/21/75 - Talking Points, Recipients of
the Small Business Awards of 1975" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading
Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
Copyright Notice
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States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.
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Digitized from Box 34 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
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TALKING POINTS
RECIPIENTS OF THE SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS OF 1975
May 21, 1975
THANK VOU, MR. POWELL,
TOM TOMKLEPPE
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I. I AM PLEASED TO WELCOME HERE TODAY THE AWARDS
RECIPIENTS, THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OFFICIALS OF THE
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
Mark mcKay.
- 2 -
2. SMALL BUSINESS IS A VITAL PART OF OUR FREE
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ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, ENCOMPASSING APPROXIMATELY NINE
44
MILLION BUSINESSES ACCOUNTING FOR FORTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF
GNP
55
THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AND FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE
LABOR FORCE.
- 3 -
3. IT TAKES COURAGE TO START A BUSINESS TODAY AND
SKILL AND DEDICATION TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS.
IT REQUIRES
THE ENTERPRISING QUALITIES THAT TAMED THE FRONTIER,
BUILT
OUR CITIES AND MADE OUR ECONOMY THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD.
-4-
4. I CONGRATULATE THE RECIPIENT OF THE NATIONAL
ADVOCACY AWARD, BRUCE TORELL (TOR-EL); THE PRIME CONTRACTOR
OF THE YEAR AWARD, HENRY KURAS (KERR-AS)
AND THE
SUBCONTRACTORS OF THE YEAR, HARVEY STUMP AND R.V. JACK,
FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
- 5 -
5. I AM ESPECIALLY DELIGHTED TO CONGRATULATE
MR. AND MRS. JOHN STONE AND MR. AND MRS. STEVEN MITCHELL
ON THEIR SELECTION AS SMALL BUSINESSMEN OF THE YEAR.
- 6 -
YOUR BUSINESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MATCHED BY YOUR
COMPASSION, EXEMPLIFIED BY YOUR EXTENSIVE EMPLOYMENT OF
THE HANDICAPPED.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GIFT
OF ONE OF YOUR STUFFED TOYS WHICH WILL BE SENT TO A NEEDY
CHILD.
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