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The original documents are located in Box 14, "8/19/75 - Closing Remarks After Q&A
Session at the White House Conference, Peoria, Illinois" of the President's Speeches and
Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 14 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
"
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
PWA
Jowell
CLOSING REMARKS AFTER Q&A SESSION
AT THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE
PEORIA, ILLINOIS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1975
-1-
THANK YOU ALL FOR A STIMULATING AND INFORMATIVE
SESSION.
AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID, THE PURPOSE OF
THESE CONFERENCES IS TWO-FOLD.
THEY ARE AN EXERCISE
IN TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION.
WE CAME TO PEORIA TO
LISTEN AND LEARN AS WELL AS TO SPEAK.
AND JUDGING BY THAT STANDARD, I BELIEVE
THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN A SUCCESS.
-2-
TO DO ITS JOB WELL, GOVERNMENT MUST BE TUNED
IN TO THE PEOPLE IT SERVES.
IT MUST BE OPEN AND
IT MUST BE RESPONSIVE AS IT MAINTAINS A TWO-WAY
CONVERSATION WITH CITIZENS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.
TODAY, YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT AGRICULTURE FROM SECRETARY
BUTZ, ABOUT THE ECONOMY FROM JOHN DUNLOP AND BILL SEIDMAN,
ABOUT THE ENERGY SITUATION FROM FRANK ZARB, ABOUT
EDUCATION FROM COMMISSIONER BELL, AND ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT FROM RUSSELL TRAIN.
-3-
WE HAVE TRIED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT
THIS ADMINISTRATION'S GOALS ARE AND WHERE WE ARE HEADING
IN OUR EFFORTS TO DEVELOP NEW DIRECTIONS WHILE STRENGTHENING
THE BASIC FREE ENTERPRISE VALUES WHICH MAKE AMERICA GREAT.
- 4 -
BUT JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE ALSO HEARD
FROM YOU -- FROM MEN AND WOMEN REPRESENTING NEARLY
EVERY FACET OF LIFE IN THE PEORIA AREA -- LABOR,
\
BUSINESS
\
INDUSTRY,
EDUCATION,
FARMING,
THE MINORITY COMMUNITY,
WOMENS GROUPS, THE PRESS ) AND THE LEGAL PROFESSION.
- 5 -
THIS IS THE SEVENTH PRESIDENTIAL TOWN HALL
MEETING I HAVE ATTENDED.
THE MORE OF THEM I ATTEND,
THE MORE I LEARN AND THE MORE OPTIMISTIC I BECOME ABOUT
AMERICA'S LONG-TERM FUTURE.
IN THE PEOPLE GATHERED
HERE -- AND IN MILLIONS OF OTHERS LIKE YOU AROUND THE
COUNTRY -- WE HAVE THE ONE PRICELESS NATIONAL RESOURCE
THAT WILL NEVER BE DEPLETED.
- 6 -
AS LONG AS WE CAN MEET TOGETHER AND WORK
TOGETHER LIKE THIS -- IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF CANDOR, TRUST
AND MUTUAL RESPECT -- THERE IS NO PROBLEM WE CANNOT
ULTIMATELY SOLVE.
AFTER ALL, THAT IS REALLY WHAT AMERICA IS
ALL ABOUT -- PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES,
FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, PULLING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS
A BETTER COUNTRY.
- 7 -
THEY DID IT IN 1776 AT INDEPENDENCE HALL.
WE, Too, CAN DO IT 200 YEARS LATER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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