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Digitized from Box 2 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
September 16, 1974
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
GREETING THE ONE MILLIONTH VISITOR
TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 1974
THE PRESIDENT: Patty is the one millionth
visitor to the White House in 1974, and she has her
younger sister Kelly Albers, and her older sister Teri
Albers here, and they are from the Baltimore area, as
I understand it. They decided to come to the White
House -- well, you tell them how you happened to come.
TERI ALBERS: My parents happened to be out
of town, and they wanted to do something today, and this
is what both of them chose to do. They wanted to
come to the White House.
Q
How did you like it?
PATTY ALBERS: We likedit. (Laughter)
Q
Did you think you would meet the President?
PATTY ALBERS: No.
THE PRESIDENT: They are going to get a special
tour after we get through here, and will get a little
extra dividend as a result of being the one millionth.
So, we had them in the Oval Office and, after that, they
will have a little extra dividend because Patty was
number one millionth.
Q
Was this a surprise to you, Patty?
PATTY ALBERS: Yes.
THEPRRESIDENT: What are you going to tell
them in school when these pictures come out and you get
an extra dividend by going through the White House
and all of this?
PATTY ALBERS: I don't know.
THE PRESIDENT: How about you, Kelly?
- 2 -
KELLY ALBERS: I don't know.
Q
Why did you want to see the White House?
PATTY ALBERS: We wanted to see where the
President lived, didn't you?
TERI ALBERS: This is what they voted on.
They could see anything in Washington they wanted to,
and this is what they wanted to see.
THE PRESIDENT: Aren't you lucky to have a
nice older sister who would bring you over here?
PATTY ALBERS: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Do you have any brothers?
PATTY ALBERS: No. (Laughter)
THE PRESIDENT: Boy, don't sound so unhappy
about that.
PATTY ALBERS: I have another sister.
THE PRESIDENT: Another sister. How old is
she?
PATTY ALBERS: Six.
THE PRESIDENT: I see.
Q
Patty, where are your father and mother
today?
PATTY ALBERS: Ocean City.
Q
Do you think they will be surprised to see
you on television tonight?
PATTY ALBERS: Yes.
- 3 -
Q
You will have to call them up and tell
them to watch.
PATTY ALBERS: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Maybe we ought to try and call
them and forewarn them.
Where do you go to school?
PATTY ALBERS: Ward Elementary. (Laughter)
THE PRESIDENT: What number were you, Kelly,
999, or were you one million?
KELLY ALBERS: One million.
THE PRESIDENT: For once you were bigger than
Patty.
Do you have anything more to say?
PATTY ALBERS: No.
Q
Do you have a favorite room in the
White House that you like?
PATTY ALBERS: I like the East Room the best.
THE PRESIDENT: How did you like the Oval
Office?
PATTY ALBERS: That was nice. (Laughter)
Q
How do you like the Oval Office? (Laughter)
THE PRESIDENT: Do you want to run the country
from there sometime?
PATTY ALBERS: Yes.
Q
Do you want to be President?
PATTY ALBERS: Yes.
- 4 -
THE PRESIDENT: That is good.
Q
What is the extra dividend they
are going to get?
THE PRESIDENT: The fact they were in the Oval
Office, and I think we will try to give them a little
more opportunity to see the White House itself. And
we will probably call their mother and father.
Do you know where they are staying?
TERI ALBERS: Yes, but there is no phone
there.
THE PRESIDENT: There is no phone there,
all right.
Q
You can tell them about it when they come
home, okay?
PATTY ALBERS: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: What grade are you in, Kelly?
KELLY ALBERS: Second.
THE PRESIDENT: How about you, Patty?
PATTY ALBERS: Fifth.
THE PRESIDENT: And the older sister is in
nursing school?
TERI ALBERS: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Do you have any more questions?
Q
No, we are just taking pictures.
THE PRESIDENT: Good. It is nice to see you all.
Q
Do you feel like answering any questions?
- 5 -
THE PRESIDENT: We will see you later.
Q Today?
THE PRESIDENT: No, not today. (Laughter)
Q
Are you concentrating on foreign affairs
today, mostly?
THE PRESIDENT: I spent a little over two
hours with the National Security Council, and I have
a meeting with Ambassador Resor in about ten minutes
to talk about some of his responsibilities. Then I
am going to catch up on the things that have accumulated.
I will see you all later.
THE PRESS: Thank you.
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