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Pool Report - President Visits Wife Betty at Bethesda
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Digitized from Box 3 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
8:50PM-10:43PM
ept. 30, 1974
POOL REPORT
President Visits Wife Betty at Bethesda
President Ford ate dinner and then departed the
White House through the South Diplomatic Entrance at
8:21PM. He was accompanied by Don Rumsfeld.
Motorcade led by single park police car crossed
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge and took the George Washington
Parkway to the Beltway and then to the Naval Hospital
arriving at apprEximately 8:30 PM.
The president spoke briefly with waiting reporters.
He said: "They (the doctors) told me what the
announcement was that was published. And it's I think
good but there are also some questions raised and we're
going to do whatever the doctors advise.'
He said, in answer to a question whether he is
optimistic: "I certainly am. Because, uh, I think
they're the experts. We'll follow their advice. And
with her strong, fine attitude I think everything will
work out all right."
About an hour and 15 minutes later, the president
emerged from the hospital. He appeared red-eyed and tired.
But he offered a cheerful "good evening" to the waiting
reporters.
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It was 10:13PM.
He said: "She was feeling much, much better.
She had some liquid. she sat up. she had been up today
and it was a great improvement and she gave me a hard time about
a couple of things so she must be feeling better. "
The president was asked if Mrs. Ford had complained
about his not visiting earlier.
He answered: "No, she understood I had a number
of things I had to talk about at the office and work on
"
Asked the basis of his optimism, the president
answered: "They told me the same thing they told all
of you and that information is optimistic as far as I am
concerned. She feels great. "
Asked if he's set a date for his appearance before
the Hungate Subcommittee, the president declined to answer
and moved to his car.
The motorcade retraced its path and arrived at the
White House at 10:43PM.
Rumsfeld and the president spoke briefly outside
the limousine before going inside the White House.
(The president carried two gifts--we were told they
were from "friends" and not told what they were--to Mrs.
Ford, in addition to a card from the Secret Service).
Jim McManus
Westinghouse Broadcasting
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