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    "ocrText": "August\n1974\nPOOL REPORT\nThe President left the South Lawn at 6:22 pm and arrived at his home\nin Alexandria at 6:36 pm after an uneventful drive. Neighbors lined\nthe streets as he arrived. He got out of his limousine, and said to\nreporters: \"Hi. How are you tonight?\", then went inside. He was\nreported to have taken a swim before dressing for the address.\nThe President left home at 8:28 pm, wearing bluet suit and blue and\nred tie, with Mrs. Ford, in a bright yellow suit, They arrived at the\nHouse side of the Capitol at 8:45 pm and.went to the holding room, in the\nSpeaker's office.\nThe speech was over at about 9:40 pm and the President left the House\nside at 9:56 pm for home, arriving after an uneventful drive about 10:20 pm.\nHe stopped with Mrs. Ford and answered a few questions on the front path.\nAsked how he thought the speech went, he said: \"I'm not the best judge.\nI was pleased with the fine, warm reception from my former colleagues\nin\nthe House I hope that it lays the foundation for the kind of cooperation\nI think is essential to get the job done that I think is necessary. Asked\nabout the humor in the speech and reaction, he said: \"I'm not as dull as\nsome people think. I enjoy a good joke, and I had a lot of fun giving it.\nIt had a lot of good lines. Asked which he like best, he laughed and said,\n\"I don't want a honeymoon, I want a good marriage, \" Asked how long\nhe thought the marriage would last, he said, \"I hope there's no divorce.\"\nHe said he apologized to Speaker Albert for his remark about voting for\nworthy projects in Michigan and for boondoggles in Oklahoma.\nHe said the Cost of Living Council Bill was one area where quick action\nwas possible. \"Nixon was for it, I'm for it, and it should be easy to get\nthrough Congress by August 23.\"\nHe was pleased Julie and David Eisenhower were there; the Fords had\ninvited them, and also Mamie Eisenhower. Mrs. Ford said Mrs. Eisenhower\ncould not come, at doctor's orders, but she sent a note.\nThe President said it was a strange feeling for him to be standing in the\nHouse as President andhe was'overwhelmed\" by the warm reception.\nJoining Ford at home were: Mr. and Mrs. William Seidman, Mr. Jack Stiles,\nMr. and Mrs. William Whyte, Mr. Rod Markley, Mr. and Mrs. Robert T.\nHartmann, Mr. and Mrs. John Byrnes, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Laird, Mr.\nand Mrs. Bryce Harlow, Mrs. Marba Perrott, Colonel Ric Sardo, Mrs.\nNancy Howe, Ms. Ginger Lipscomb, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Buchen, Mr. Jack\nMarsh, General and Mrs. Alexander Haig, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Secchia.\n###\nDigitized from Box 1 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library"
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