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The original documents are located in Box 20, "11/14/75 - Presidential Remarks, Georgia
GOP Fundraiser" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 20 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS
GEORGIA GOP FUNDRAISER
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I4, 1975
GEORGIA GOP DINNER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THANK YOU MACK
(State Chairman Mattingly
introduces you)
NORA ALLEN
(State Committeewoman)
NOLAN MURRAH
(State Committeeman)
BO CALLAWAY
BEN BLACKBURN
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
-
at the ontset
an
BEFORE t BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE JUST
ONE MORE OUTSTANDING REPUBLICAN SITTING OUT THERE IN THE
& why dear
AUDIENCE.
HE IS AN OLD FRIEND, ONE OF YOUR NUMBER ONE
CITIZENS, AND WHILE HE NO LONGER IS SECRETARY OF THE ARMY,
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT HE STILL KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT --
HOWARD "BO" CALLAWAY!
Bo 2 Thank you for your madfish
libition & for your
long at magnificant to public stronce.
=
- 2 -
IT IS A PLEASURE To BE HERE
IN YOUR GREAT STATE OF GEORGIA
AGAIN -- PARTICULARLY AT THIS
TIME OF THE YEAR.
3
I
ALSO] HEAR RUMORS THAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE
GOING TO THE GEORGIA-AUBURN GAME IN ATHENS TOMORROW.
SOMEBODY EVEN SUGGESTED THAT AS A FOOTBALL FAN I MAKE A
PREDICTION AS TO WHO THE WINNER MIGHT BE.
ALL I CAN SAY
TO THAT IS NO WAY!
I MIGHT MAKE MY OWN BREAKFAST
BUT I'M NOT ABOUT TO COOK MY OWN GOOSE!
have cane 1. to attanda 1 This heartfelt THE REPUBLICANS condition. -4-
Tonight 2 with
OF GEORGIA MAY BE OUTNUMBERED.
BUT YOU ARE BIG AND STRONG IN SPIRIT.
YOUR SPIRIT IS GOING
TO MAKE HISTORY IN 1976.
THE BICENTENNIAL YEAR WILL BE A
REPUBLICAN YEAR.
-5-
A GREAT COMEBACK IN GEORGIA CAN BE THE GREAT
COMEBACK FOR ALL AMERICA.
GEORGIA NEEDS REPUBLICANS.
AND REPUBLICANS NEED GEORGIA.
THE TENACITY OF THE PEACH STATE IS AMERICA'S
TENACITY.
YOUR COMEBACK IS AMERICA'S COMEBACK.
YOUR PRIDE IS AMERICA'S PRIDE.
-6-
GEORGIA IS NOT ONLY THE PEACH STATE, IT IS A
"CAN DO" STATE.
THERE ARE SOME IN THIS NATION WHO FOLLOW
THE DEFEATIST PHILOSOPHIES OF "CAN'T DO" AND WON'T DO."
THEY SAY THAT AMERICA HAS SEEN ITS BEST DAYS, THAT THERE WILL
BE NO MORE QUALITY IN OUR LIFE,
/
THAT OUR MORAL VALUES ARE
OUT OF DATE THAT OUR ECONOMY IS BOGGED DOWN IN THE SWAMPS
AND THAT WE WILL NEVER AGAIN SEE THE SUNSHINE.
-7-
TO THOSE WHO VOICE SUCH A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
OF GLOOM AND DOOM FOR THIS COUNTRY, I SAY THAT YOU HAD
BETTER COME DOWN TO GEORGIA AND TASTE THE SWEETNESS OF THE
PEACHES -- AND LEARN ABOUT REAL FOLKS AND REAL LIFE.
-8-
THIS STATE, AND THE REST OF THE SOUTH, ARE
JUSTIFIABLY PROUD OF GREAT BREAKTHROUGHS.
YOUR EXCELLENT
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, \ YOUR THRIVING INDUSTRIES, \ YOUR
PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE DEMONSTRATE WHAT AMERICANS CAN DO.
-9-
THE SOUTH HAS MOVED FROM A BASIC AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY TO
A MODERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY WHICH MANUFACTURES MUCH OF
AMERICA'S TOTAL OUTPUT.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE MOVING
INTO THE SOUTH.
YOU ARE GROWING MORE RAPIDLY THAN
ANY OTHER REGION.
-10-
I WANT TO SEE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY GROW WITH YOU.
JUST AS THE SOUTH CAME BACK, REPUBLICANS CAN COME BACK,
EVERYWHERE -- AND ESPECIALLY IN GEORGIA.
YOU CAN BE
MISSIONARIES OF A GREAT REPUBLICAN REVIVAL IN EVERY ONE
OF THE 159 COUNTIES OF THE GREAT STATE OF GEORGIA.
-II-
LET THERE BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHERE I
STAND.
I DID NOT TAKE THE SACRED OATH OF PRESIDENT TO
PRESIDE OVER THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
I TOTALLY REJECT THE SCENARIOS OF PESSIMISM.
and I'm certin auf you do too.
-12-
INSTEAD, I LOOK TO A FUTURE BUILT UPON A PROUD
PAST.
-I SEE AN AMERICA WHOSE CITIZENS HAVE THE HIGHEST
STANDARD OF LIVING IN THE WORLD AND WHO LIVE IN PEACE AT HOME
AND WITH ALL NATIONS.
I SEE AN AMERICA WHERE WE
LIVE
LONGER BECAUSE KILLER DISEASES HAVE BEEN CONQUERED, WHERE THE
QUALITY OF LIFE IS ENHANCED \ WHERE WE
DEVELOP OUR MORAL
AND SPIRITUAL QUALITIES, AND WHERE WE ENJOY THE WIDEST
OPPORTUNITIES LIMITED ONLY BY INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE AND
CAPABILITY.
-13-
TO MAKE THIS VISION COME TRUE, WE MUST RETURN
GOVERNMENT TO SOUND RESPONSIBLE REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES.
WITH YOUR HELP, WE WILL.
WE MUST ELECT TO YOUR STATE
AND LOCAL OFFICES AND TO THE CONGRESS RESPONSIBLE AND
RESPONSIVE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WHO BELIEVE AS WE DO.
-14-
THE BATTLE LINES FOR 1976 ARE BEING DRAWN BETWEEN
OPPOSING FORCES:
BETWEEN THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE EVERY PROBLEM WILL
GO AWAY IF WE JUST THROW ENOUGH TAX MONEY AT IT;
-15-
BETWEEN THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN A STRONG NATIONAL
DEFENSE AS THE BEST INSURANCE OF PEACE, AND THOSE WHO WOULD
SPEND YOUR TAX MONEY INSTEAD FOR CONTROVERSIAL SOCIAL
EXPERIMENTS;
BETWEEN THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN LOCAL CONTROL OVER
LOCAL PROBLEMS AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE UNCLE SAM SHOULD
SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS;
-16-
BETWEEN THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT AMERICAN BUSINESS
SHOULD BE UNSHACKLED FROM GOVERNMENT OVER-REGULATION so
IT CAN EXPAND THE ECONOMY AND CREATE JOBS, AND THOSE
WHO BELIEVE FEDERAL PAPER SHUFFLERS KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR
AMERICA AND FOR AMERICAN BUSINESS.
-17-
I KNOW WHICH SIDE GEORGIANS WILL TAKE.
1976 IS MORE THAN AN ELECTION YEAR.
IT IS A YEAR OF
DECISION FOR ALL AMERICANS.
IT IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S
GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE, WITH THE HELP OF OUR MANY
FRIENDS, THAT WE HAVE THE STRENGTH TO SURVIVE SETBACKS
THE RESOLUTION TO ROUSE THE NATION'S GREATNESS AND THE WILL
TO WIN ELECTIONS.
WE CAN DO IT,
AND WE WILL DO IT.
-18-
WE MUST BUILD A PARTY THAT WORKS YEAR ROUND
AND NOT JUST AT ELECTION TIME.
WE MUST CONCENTRATE ON
WINNING ELECTIONS INSTEAD OF ARGUMENTS.
WE MUST ATTRACT
GOOD CANDIDATES -- WELCOMING ALL WHO ARE NOW UNCOMFORTABLE
IN OTHER POLITICAL PASTURES.
- 19 -
I RECENTLY PROPOSED TO THE CONGRESS A REDUCTION
OF 28 BILLION DOLLARS IN YOUR FEDERAL INCOME TAXES AND
A CORRESPONDING CUT OF 28 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE GROWTH
OF FEDERAL SPENDING.
BUT THE DEMOCRATIC-DOMINATED
CONGRESS TELLS ME THAT IT CAN'T BE DONE.
I SAY THAT
IT CAN,
IT MUST, AND IT IS UP TO THEM TO DO IT THIS YEAR.
-20-
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION STARTED WITH A BOSTON
TEA PARTY THAT PROTESTED TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION.
I SAY TO THE TAXPAYERS OF GEORGIA TODAY: IF YOUR DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR TAXATION,
MAYBE YOU BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR REPRESENTATION.
IF THIS CONGRESS WILL NOT DO THE JOB, LET'S ELECT A REPUBLICAN
CONGRESS THAT WILL.
-21-
THIS MONTH, WE ALMOST WON A GOVERNORSHIP IN
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
WE CAME CLOSE ENOUGH TO SHOW
THAT MISSISSIPPI HAS A TWO-PARTY SYSTEM.
LET US MAKE
EVERY STATE A TWO-PARTY STATE -- EVEN MASSACHUSETTS.
-22-
YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THAT AMERICA'S VITALITY AND
PROSPERITY HAVE BEEN SAPPED BY THE IRRESPONSIBLE SPENDING
OF RECENT CONGRESSES.
THIS CONGRESS IS CONTROLLED TWO
TO ONE BY THE DEMOCRATS.
IN FACT, CONGRESS HAS BEEN
DOMINATED BY DEMOCRATS FOR 38 OUT OF THE LAST 42 YEARS.
THAT'S LONG ENOUGH.
FOR 33 OUT OF THOSE 38 YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN DEFICITS
WHICH HAVE RUN UP THE COST OF LIVING \ AND RUN DOWN THE VALUE
OF YOUR DOLLARS.
-23-
UNDER THE DEMOCRATIC SPENDERS, CONGRESS DID
ACHIEVE SOME HISTORIC FIRSTS.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
HISTORY THE FEDERAL BUDGET TOPPED 100 BILLION DOLLARS.
THAT WAS IN 1962.
IT DOUBLED TO 200 BILLION DOLLARS EIGHT
YEARS LATER.
IT WILL MORE THAN DOUBLE AGAIN TO
423 BILLION DOLLARS THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR UNLESS WE
PUT A STOP TO IT.
-24-
LET ME EMPHASIZE THAT THE 28 BILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION
IN TAXES WHICH I PROPOSED MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY EQUALLY
SUBSTANTIAL CUTS IN THE GROWTH OF FEDERAL SPENDING.
THIS MEANS THE SPENDING CEILING MUST BE 395 BILLION DOLLARS.
THAT IS ADEQUATE TO MEET OUR NEEDS BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD.
-25-
THE BIG SPENDERS IN CONGRESS DON'T LIKE MY VETOES.
BUT THESE VETOES HAVE ALREADY SAVED TAXPAYERS SOME SIX AND
ONE-HALF BILLION DOLLARS.
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO VETO
UNWISE AND UNNECESSARY SPENDING BILLS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
I
AGAIN -- AS LONG AS IT SAVES YOUR MONEY AND AMERICA'S FUTURE.
IF THE STATE OF GEORGIA CAN CONTROL ITS BUDGET, THERE IS NO
REASON WHY THE UNITED STATES CAN'T DO THE SAME.
-26-
WHAT CONCERNS ME MOST IS THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT
WITHOUT CONSENT,
THE INCREASING ENCROACHMENT OF GOVERNMENT
Let me imphange one point.
INTO OURLIVES AND INTO OUR POCKETS.
A GOVERNMENT BIG
9
ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT IS A GOVERNMENT BIG
ENOUGH TO TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING YOU HAVE.
THE TIME HAS COME FOR A NEW REBEL YELL -- A WHOLE
NATION OF REBELS YELLING, "NO," TO BIG GOVERNMENT.
-27-
BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH JUST TO BE AGAINST BIG
GOVERNMENT.
WE MUST BE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT.
I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN GEORGIA.
WE NEED NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
THAT'S WHAT THE
ECONOMISTS CALL IT -- CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
-28-
BUT I'D RATHER CALL IT "JOB CREATION."
WE NEED TO
RESTORE CONFIDENCE.
WE NEED TO STIMULATE BUSINESS AND
INDUSTRY.
MY ADMINISTRATION IS DEVOTED TO THE FULL
REVIVAL OF AMERICA'S GREAT ECONOMIC STRENGTH AT HOME
AND IN THE MARKETS OF THE WORLD.
-29-
WHILE OUR NATIONAL ECONOMY IS REVIVING, I WANT
TO BOLSTER OUR EFFORTS THROUGH COOPERATION WITH OTHER
INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES.
AND I WANT TO JOIN WITH
THE SE NATIONS IN WORKING TOWARD SUSTAINED INTERNATIONAL
PROSPERITY.
TOMORROW I WILL BEGIN A 3 DAY MEETING WITH
LEADERS OF BRITAIN, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN AND WEST GERMANY
TO SEEK THESE ENDS.
-30-
THESE COUNTRIES LOOK TO US FOR LEADERSHIP.
THE UNITED STATES IS REDUCING ITS RATE OF INFLATION AND MOVING
VIGOROUSLY OUT OF RECESSION.
BUT WE MUST WORK WITH OTHERS
TO PREVENT FUTURE PROBLEMS.
IN CHARTING THE COURSE FOR
FUTURE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC PROGRESS, OUR LEADERSHIP IS
JUST AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS IN BUILDING MUTUAL SECURITY.
THIS NATION WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN CONCEIVING AND DEVELOPING
ALLIANCES TO SAFEGUARD WORLD PEACE.
WE WILL ALSO LEAD
THE WAY TOWARD A SOUND COMMON ECONOMIC FUTURE.
-31-
THERE ARE NEW CHALLENGES: RECESSION,
\
INFLATION,
HIGHER OIL PRICES UNDER-UTILIZED HUMAN AND MATERIAL
RESOURCES.
AMERICANS CAN MEET THESE CHALLENGES MOST
EFFECTIVELY IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH OUR FRIENDS.
THE INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES SHARE PROBLEMS, BUT WE
ALSO SHARE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
- 32 -
THE COHESION AND VITALITY OF THE INDUSTRIAL
DEMOCRACIES CAN IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING OF OUR PEOPLES AND
THE WORLD ECONOMY.
OUR GOALS FOR RECOVERY INCLUDE: ECONOMIC GROWTH
AMONG ALL THE MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES,
WITH SUSTAINED
STRONG EXPANSION, ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT;
A REDUCTION OF INFLATION; AND THE INCREASE OF VIGOROUS TRADE.
-33-
IN TRADE,
THE ASSEMBLED NATIONS MUST PROVIDE
NEEDED IMPETUS TO MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS NOW UNDERWAY
IN GENEVA.
WE WILL ALSO WORK ENERGETICALLY TO IMPROVE THE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM.
-34-
AN OBJECTIVE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IS IMPROVED
ENERGY CONSERVATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCES.
THIS WOULD ENABLE US ALL TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON OTHER NATIONS
AND LESSEN OUR VULNERABILITY TO ARBITRARILY SET PRICES OR
DISRUPTIONS IN OUR OIL SUPPLIES.
- 35 -
THE SOCIETIES OF THE INDUSTRIALIZED DEMOCRACIES
HAVE AN UNDERLYING STRENGTH DEEPLY ROOTED IN OUR CULTURES
AND THE CHARACTER OF OUR PEOPLES,
WE MUST NOW
REINVIGORATE OUR UNITY TO ACHIEVE A BETTER FUTURE.
- 36 -
THE SUMMIT IN PARIS DEMONSTRATES AMERICA'S
DETERMINATION TO WORK WITH OTHER INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACIES.
THIS MEETING WILL PERMIT PARTICIPANTS TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND MUTUAL PROBLEMS AND THE POLICIES USED TO DEAL
WITH THEM.
IT WILL ENABLE US TO AGREE ON GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES REFLECTING OUR COMMON INTERESTS.
- 37 -
OUR JOINT EFFORTS WILL REINFORCE ONE ANOTHER AND
BENEFIT THE UNITED STATES.
JUST AS WORLD STABILITY IS BASED UPON ECONOMIC
STRENGTH, IT ALSO DEPENDS UPON MILITARY STRENGTH.
DURING A QUARTER OF A CENTURY IN THE CONGRESS AND IN MY
SERVICE AS VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT, I HAVE FOUGHT
TO PRESERVE AMERICA'S DEFENSE AS THE CORNERSTONE OF FREEDOM.
- 38 - -
IT HAS LONG BEEN MY CONVICTION THAT POLITICS
SHOULD STOP AT THE WATER'S EDGE IN MATTERS OF FOREIGN POLICY
AND NATIONAL DEFENSE.
AMERICA RETAINED ITS STATUS
IN THE WORLD LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE WIDE BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT
OF THIS VIEW.
- 39 -
WEAKNESS INVITES WAR.
MILITARY STRENGTH
IS THE ONLY CERTAIN FOUNDATION FOR PEACE.
AMERICA MUST PRESERVE ITS VITAL ALLIANCES AND
FIRST-RATE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES.
- 40 -
AS LONG AS I AM PRESIDENT, THERE WILL NEVER BE
ANY WEAKNESS IN MY ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT TO MILITARY
POWER SECOND TO NONE.
THIS POLICY HAS NOT CHANGED.
IT WILL NOT CHANGE.
- 41 -
BUT I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED BY THE TENDENCY
less cosential
OF THE CONGRESS TO SPEND FOR NON-ESSENTIALS AT THE EXPENSE
OF DEFENSE.
I REFER TO THE CUT OF OVER SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS
could
IN THE NEW DEFENSE BUDGET.
THIS WEAKEN OUR HAND
1
AT A TIME WHEN WE WANT NO POTENTIAL ADVERSARY TO MISJUDGE
OUR RESOLVE.
- 42 -
IT IS THE DUTY OF THE SENATE TO RESTORE THOSE FUNDS
THAT THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REGARDS AS so VITAL
TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY.
- 43 -
OUR DEFENSES, HOWEVER, ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS OUR
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES.
HISTORY TELLS HOW THE CITY
OF SAVANNAH FELL DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BECAUSE OF
THE SUPERIORITY OF BRITISH INTELLIGENCE.
COURAGE ALONE
COULD NOT SAVE SAVANNAH WHEN THE BRAVE GEORGIANS WERE TAKEN
BY SURPRISE.
- 44 -
INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS TODAY ARE MUCH MORE
SOPHISTICATED.
WE MUST PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF AMERICAN
CITIZENS TO CHERISHED LIBERTIES.
BUT WE MUST ALSO GUARD
AGAINST FOREIGN ESPIONAGE.
I WILL COOPERATE WITH THE
CONGRESS AS IT RESPONSIBLY INVESTIGATES THE INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES TO DEVELOP ANY LEGISLATION THAT MAY BE NECESSARY.
- 45 -
BUT I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO ASSURE THAT VITAL
INFORMATION DOES NOT FALL INTO POTENTIALLY HOSTILE HANDS.
- 46 -
I WILL NOT STAND IDLY BY WHILE OUR ESSENTIAL
INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARE UNILATERALLY DISMANTLED
IN A WORLD WHERE THE AGENCIES OF OTHER NATIONS WORK
IN SECRECY AND WITH UNLIMITED RESOURCES.
- 47 -
NEXT NOVEMBER, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL PROVIDE
SOME RESOUNDING ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS RAISED TONIGHT.
YOU -- AND MANY OTHERS -- WILL SAY "NO" TO DEFENSE CUTS,
"NO" TO RUNAWAY SPENDING, "NO" TO STIFLING CONTROLS,
"NO" TO OVER-REGULATIONS AND "NO" TO THE DISCREDITED IDEA
THAT EVERY QUESTION MUST BE ANSWERED BY EXPENSIVE GOVERNMENT
PROGRAMS.
- 47a -
BUT YOU AND MANY, MANY OTHERS WILL SAY "YES"
TO REPUBLICAN SOLUTIONS AND "YES" TO THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
- 48 -
LIKE YOU, I BELIEVE IN THIS COUNTRY,
IN THE WEALTH OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, \ IN THE GOODNESS,
\
THE INGENUITY,
-
THE HONESTY AND THE SELF-RELIANCE OF OUR
PEOPLE.
-49 -
IN 1783, OUR FIRST PRESIDENT, GEORGE WASHINGTON,
WROTE TO AMERICA'S GOVERNORS SAYING ---
AND I QUOTE:
- 50 -
"THERE IS AN OPTION STILL LEFT TO THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, THAT IT IS IN THEIR CHOICE AND DEPENDS
UPON THEIR CONDUCT, WHETHER THEY WILL BE RESPECTABLE AND
PROSPEROUS OR CONTEMPTIBLE AND MISERABLE AS A NATION."
- 51 -
WE MADE THAT CHOICE NEARLY 200 YEARS AGO.
WE WILL MAKE IT AGAIN IN 1976.
THANK YOU.
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