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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 8, folder \"1/20/76 - Tribute to Pearl\nBailey\" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford 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 Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\nDigitized from Box 8 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files\nat the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nMICHAEL RADOCK\nVICE PRESIDENT\nTHE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN\nANN ARBOR\nFile - Pearl Baily Saluto\nFIRST LADY\nFebruary 9, 1976\nDear Jim:\nEnclosed is an autographed picture\nof you from Mrs. Ford. I thought you would\nenjoy having it.\nI have also enclosed some other\nphotographs which are fun and which you,\nBob, Toni and Nancy might like.\nThanks so much for the beautiful\nflowers. They meant a lot to me and I\nappreciate it. Please give my love to\neveryone.\nFondly,\nSheila Rabb Weidenfeld\nPress Secretary to Mrs. Ford\nMr. Jim Peck\nTake It From Here\nNBC Television\n4001 Nebraska Avenue\nWashington, D.C.\nSRW/fp\nFORD of LIBRARY\nPRESIDENT'S FILES\nLetter delivered personally by Mrs. Ford\nto Pearl Baily during \"A Tribute to Pearl Baily\"\non the Take It From Here television show 1/20/76.\nJanuary 19, 1976\nDear Pearl:\nOn stage or off, you lighten hearts and\nbrighten days wherever you go. I join\nyour many, many friends and fans every-\nwhere in toasting your fabulous talent\nas a performer and a warm and loving\nperson.\nKeep on being Pearl.\nWith every good wish,\n/s/ Jerry\nMiss Pearl Bailey\n8433 Melvin Avenue\nNorthridge, California 91324\nSRW/6P\nFORD & LIBRARY DERALD\nTHE WASHINGTON POST\nWednesday, Jan. 21,1976 * B3\nPearl Bailey, Shier and Retiring\nBy Jacqueline Trescott\n\"Oh, they told me you were in New\nYork and I just told our age,\" Pearl\nBailey squealed as Betty Ford led a\nparade of friends who dropped by to tape\na show-business retirement salute to the\n57-year-old entertainer at WRC-TV\nyesterday.\nBefore going on, Mrs. Ford said her son\nJack was a \"good politician\" but as to\naspiring to be President, \"I wouldn't\nwish that on him.\"\nShe also said she had tried to get a plug\nfor the Equal Rights. Amendment in-\ncluded in her husband's State of the\nUnion address on Monday, but \"there's\nso much to cover. As it was I thought it\nwas too long-I'd like to see it about 35\nminutes.' Mrs. Ford said she was\n\"absolutely amazed\" at former Georgia\nGov. Jimmy Carter's show of strength in\nthe Iowa caucus.\nLynda Robb (whose husband, Chuck,\nN074\nDW\nMRS. FORD-PEARL BAILEY\nBY FRANCIS LEWINE\nWASHINGTON (AP) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD JOINED TODAY IN A TELEVISION\nSALUTE TO SINGER PEARL BAILEY, WHO WAS GIVEN A \"SURPRISE\" FAREVELL\nAS SHE PREPARES TO END HER STAE CAREER THIS WEEK.\nMRS. FORD JOINED A NUMBER OF CELEBRITIES ON THE TELEVISION SHOW\n\"TAKE IT FROM HERE'' (WRC-NBC-TV) WHO GATHERED FOR THE TAPING OF AN\nHOUR-LONG SHOW HONORING MISS BAILEY. IT WILL BE SHOWN WEDNESDAY\nMORNING.\nPEARL HAD LAUNCHED INTO AN INTERVIEW ON THE SHOW AND WAS EXPRESSING\nHER FONDNESS FOR MRS. FORD, WHEN THE FIRST LADY MADE HER APPEARANCE\nON STAGE.\nMRS. FORD PERSONALLY DELIVERED A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TOASTING\nMISS BAILEY'S **FABULOUS TALENT AS A PERFORMER AND A WOMAN AND A\nLOVING PERSON.\"\nTHE PRESIDENT SAID, ''ON STAGE OR OFF YOU LIGHTEN HEARTS AND\nBRIGHTEN DAYS WHEREVER YOU GO.''\nAMONG THE CELEBRITIES ON HAND WAS LYNDA BIRD ROBB, DAUGHTER OF\nFORMER PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON, WHO SAID OF HER MOTHER, NOW\nRESIDING ON THE LBJ TEXAS RANCH, \"SHE'S GLAD TO BE WHERE SHE IS.''\nFORMER PRESIDENT NIXON SENT MISS BAILEY A TELEGRAM RECALLING HER\nSUPERB PERFORMANCES** AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND SAYING, \"SHE HAS\nBROUGHT LAUGHTER, JOY AND ENTERTAINMENT TO AUDIENCES ALL OVER THE\nWORLD.''\nPRESIDENT FORD NAMED MISS BAILEY RECENTLY TO THE U.S. DELEGATION AI\nTHE UNITED NATIONS AND NIXON SAID HER CONTRIBUTION THERE \"*IS\nAPPRECIATED BY ALL OF US.''\nMISS BAILEY PLANS TO END HER LONG CAREER SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A FINAL\nPERFORMANCE IN THE MUSICAL, 'HELLO DOLLY, AT THE KENNEDY CENTER\nHERE.\n01-20-76 15:46EST\nUP-027\n(GOODBYE DOLLY)\nWASHINGTON (UPI) -- WEARING A RED HAI WITH TALL RED FEATHERS, A\nMEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES' DELEGATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS SALUTED\nPRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD WEDNESDAY NIGHT FROM THE STAGE OF THE OPERA\nHOUSE AT THE KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.\nTHE GREETINGS CAME FROM ENTERTAINER PEARL BAILEY, WHO was PLAYING\nTHE ROLE OF DOLLY IN \"HELLO DOLLY\" AND WHO SAYS SHE IS RETIRING FROM\nTHE STAGE SATURDAY TO DEVOTE MORE TIME TO HER NEW ROLE AS A DIPLOMAT.\nAT THE END OF THE SHOW, THE HOUSE LIGHTS CAME ON AND MISS BAILEY,\nLOOKING UP TOWARD THE PRESIDENTIAL BOX, HAILED MRS. FORD SAYING, \"I\nFEEL WARM JUST IN HER PRESENCE.\" TO FORD SHE SAID: \"YOU KNOW, SIR, OF\nTHE AFFECTION I FEEL FOR THE GENTLEMAN, THE PRESIDENT.\"\nTHEN SHE PUT ON A 15 MINUTE DISPLAY OF VAUDEVILLE.\nFORD TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE WENT BACKSTAGE TO GREET MISS ILEY\nAFTER THE SHOW. ACCOMPANYING THE FORDS ON THEIR NIGHT OUT WERE SEN.\nAND MRS. ROBERT GRIFFIN, R-MICH.; REP. AND MRS. JOHN JARMAN, R-OKLA.,\nAND FORMER ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN HAROLD COLLIER AND MRS. COLLIER.\nUPI 01-22 09:59 AES\nUP-105\n(SECRETARY OF STATE BETTY)\nWASHINGTON (UPI) -- WITHOUT REALIZING IT, BETTY FORD ALMOST GOT\nTHE EGYPTIANS AND THE ISRAELIS TOGETHER TUESDAY-- ALMOST BUT NOT\nQUITE.\nTHE OCCASION WAS A TAPED TELEVISED SHOW HONORING SINGER PEARL\nBAILEY, WHO IS LEAVING SHOW BUSINESS. SOME OF HER CELEBRITY AND\nDIPLOMATIC FRIENDS FROM THE WASHINGTON SCENE WERE INVITED TO TAKE\nPART -- INCLUDING MRS. FORD -- AND SHOWED UP ON THE SET OF THE\nSTUDIO.\nAMONG THEM WERE EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR ASHRAF GORBAL AND ISRAELI\nAMBASSADOR SIMCHA DINITZ. THE PRODUCERS WERE FLUSTERED, KNOWING THE\nTwO DIPLOMATS DID NOT WANT TO BE WITH EACH OTHER.\nBUT BOTH WERE TAKEN TO A HOLDING ROOM WHERE THERE WERE TWO DOORS.\nGORBAL AND ONE OF HIS STAFFERS STAYED ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROOM AND\nDINITZ AND AN AIDE HELD FORTH ON THE OTHER SIDE.\nTHEY IGNORED EACH OTHER. TURNED THEIR BACKS ON EACH OTHER. BUT\nEACH GRACIOUSLY GREETED MRS. FORD WHEN SHE WALKED IN.\nHER REMARKS INDICATED THAT THE ROOTS OF THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT\nHAVE ESCAPED HER. SHE SHOOK HANDS WITH A SMILING DINITZ AND\nCOMPLIMENTED HIM ON A RECENT TELEVISION PROGRAM SHE HAD SEEN.\n\"I ENJOYED WATCHING YOU THE OTHER EVENING,\" SHE SAID. \"I'M STILL\nTRYING TO FIGURE IT (THE MIDEAST SITUATION) OUT. IF I WATCH MORE\nCAREFULLY...\"\nDINITZ TOLD HER SOOTHINGLY, \"IT'S A VERY COMPLEX PROBLEM.\"\n\"I SAID TO MY HUSBAND -- EXPLAIN IT,' MRS. FORD SAID, REFERRING\nTHE PALESTINIAN DEBATE BEFORE THE UNITED NATIONS.\n\"HONEY,\" SHE QUOTED THE PRESIDENT AS SAYING. \"IT WILL TAKE HOURS\nAND HOURS.\"\n\"IT IS BECAUSE OF THE GREAT STATESMANSHIP OF YOUR HUSBAND AND THE\nSECRETARY OF STATE,\" DINITZ WAS OVERHEARD TO SAY.\nUPI 01-20 04:12 PES\nSERIAL R. FORD LIBRARY\nN074\nDW\nMRS. FORD-PEARL BAILEY\nBY FRANCIS LEWINE\nWASHINGTON (AP) -- FIRST LADY BETTY FORD JOINED TODAY IN A TELEVISION\nSALUTE TO SINGER PEARL BAILEY, WHO WAS GIVEN A 'SURPRISE' FAREWELL\nAS SHE PREPARES TO END HER STAE CAREER THIS WEEK.\nMRS. FORD JOINED A NUMBER OF CELEBRITIES ON THE TELEVISION SHOW\n\"TAKE IT FROM HERE'' (WRC-NBC-TV) WHO GATHERED FOR THE TAPING OF AN\nMORNING. HOUR-LONG SHOW HONORING MISS BAILEY. IT WILL BE SHOWN WEDNESDAY\nPEARL HAD LAUNCHED INTO AN INTERVIEW ON THE SHOW AND WAS EXPRESSING\nHER FONDNESS FOR MRS. FORD, WHEN THE FIRST LADY MADE HER APPEARANCE\nON STAGE.\nMRS. FORD PERSONALLY DELIVERED A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TOASTING\nLOVING PERSON.\nMISS BAILEY'S 'FABULOUS TALENT AS A PERFORMER AND A WOMAN AND A\nTHE PRESIDENT SAID, ''ON STAGE OR OFF YOU LIGHTEN HEARTS AND\nBRIGHTEN DAYS WHEREVER YOU GO.\"\nAMONG THE CELEBRITIES ON HAND WAS LYNDA BIRD ROBB, DAUGHTER OF\nFORMER PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON, WHO SAID OF HER MOTHER, NOW\nRESIDING ON THE LBJ TEXAS RANCH, SHE'S GLAD TO BE WHERE SHE IS.\"\nFORMER PRESIDENT NIXON SENT MISS BAILEY A TELEGRAM RECALLING HER\n'SUPERB PERFORMANCES** AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND SAYING, SHE HAS\nWORLD.'' BROUGHT LAUGHTER, JOY AND ENTERTAINMENT TO AUDIENCES ALL OVER THE\nTHE UNITED NATIONS AND NIXON SAID HER CONTRIBUTION THERE \"IS\nPRESIDENT FORD NAMED MISS BAILEY RECENTLY TO THE U.S. DELEGATION AT\nAPPRECIATED BY ALL OF US.\"\nHERE. PERFORMANCE IN THE MUSICAL, HELLO DOLLY,' AT THE KENNEDY CENTER\nMISS BAILEY PLANS TO END HER LONG CAREER SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A FINAL\n01-20-76 15:46EST\nUP-098\n(BETTY)\n(BY HELEN THOMAS)\nWASHINGTON (UPI) -- BETTY FORD SAYS HER SON JACK IS A \"GOOD\nPOLITICIAN\" BUT SHE WOULDN'T WISH THE PRESIDENCY ON HIM.\nSHE ALSO PREDICTED THAT THERE WOULD BE A WOMAN PRESIDENT SOME DAY,\nAND SAID WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF ANNE ARMSTRONG AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO\nGREAT BRITAIN, HER HUSBAND WOULD BE NOMINATING OTHER WOMEN TO TOP\nJOBS IN THE FUTURE. SHE DECLINED TO BE SPECIFIC.\nMRS. FORD TALKED WITH REPORTERS AT NBC-TV STUDIOS WHERE SHE TOOK\nPART IN A TAPED TELEVISED SHOW HONORING PEARL BAILEY WHO IS MAKING\nHER FAREWELL TO SHOW BUSINESS WITH A PRODUCTION OF \"HELLO DOLLY.\"\nTHE FIRST LADY, KEEPING UP TO DATE ON THE POLITICAL FRONT,\nCOMMENTED ON THE IOWA PARTY CAUCUSES \"I WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZED. I WAS\nSURPRISED AT JIMMY CARTER'S STRENGTH\".\nCARTER, WHOM MRS. FORD MET WHEN HE WAS GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, LED\nTHE ROSTER OF DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES -- ONE OF WHOM COULD BE HER\nHUSBAND'S RIVAL IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.\nMRS. FORD ALSO SAID SHE THOUGHT HER HUSBAND'S STATE OF THE UNION\nADDRESS MONDAY \"WAS TOO LONG.\" HIS DELIVERY RAN CLOSE TO AN HOUR.\nMRS. FORD SAID, \"I LIKE TO SEE A -MINUTE PRESENTATION.\"\nASKED IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO SEE JACK, 23, AS PRESIDENT SOME DAY,\nSHE REPLIED \"I WOULDN'T WISH THAT ON HIM,' BUT ADDED \"HE'S A 60 0D\nPOLITICIAN.\"\nAS THE PRESIDENT'S SON, JACK IS HAVING \"DIFFICULTIES\" LANDING A\nJOB, SHE SAID, BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS WHICH\nINTERESTED HIM AFE FEDERALLY FUNDED AND LEAVE HIM OPEN TO POSSIBLE\nCHARGES OF NEPOT 1SM.\nASKED IF SHE STILL GAVE JACK ADVICE, SHE SHOCK HER HEAD. \"HE'S 23\nNOW, SHE EXPLAIIED.\nSHE MADE IT CLEAR SHE THOUGHT JACK HAD BEEN FORTHRIGHT IN A\nNEWSPAPER INTERVIEW IN WHICH HE ADMITTED HE HAD TRIED MARIJUANA WHILE\nHE WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT. \"I THINK HE MADE A GOOD STATEMENT AND SAID\nWHAT HE THOUGHT.\" SHE SAID.\nIN THE PEARL BAILEY SPECIAL, MRS. FORD READ A WIRE FROM THE\nPRESIDENT, WHO LAST FALL APPOINTED THE SINGER TO THE UNITED NATIONS\nDELEGATION. \"ON STAGE OR OFF -- YOU LIGHTEN HEARTS AND BRIGHTEN\nALWAYS WHERE YOU GO,\" THE TELEGRAM READ. \"KEEP ON BEING PEARL. IPONO\nWAS SIGNED \"JERRY FGRD.\"\nUPI 01-20. 13:36 PES\nGREATO\nLIBRARY\nUP_000"
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