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Digitized from Box 4 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 19, 1974
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
(Greenville, South Carolina)
THE WHITE HOUSE
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
AT THE
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG JET AIRPORT
9:22 A.M. EDT
Thank you very, very much, Jim Edwards, Strom
Thurmond, Jesse Helms over here, and Secretary Dent; my old
friend General Westmoreland and Mayor Baehr; and all of you
from South Carolina.
As I said a moment ago, it is a great privilege
and pleasure to be back in South Carolina. I have had this opportunity
on a number of occasions in the past over the years, and I thank you
now for the warm hospitality extended me then, and I deeply appreciate
this tremendous crowd, the wonderful enthusiasm here on this
occasion at this airport.
And I can't express deeply enough my gratitude,
my appreciation. Just thank you very, very much.
But let me say I am here primarily for three, maybe
four reasons. Number one, I am here to enlist every one of you
as well as all of your friends throughout the State of South Carolina
in our WIN effort, which is to whip inflation now.
And I am here -- and I am proud to be -- to indicate
my pride in the Republican candidates for State and Federal offices
in the great State of South Carolina.
I am also here to extend my acquaintanceship, my
friendship with people in the State of South Carolina. The ones I have
known and gotten acquainted with over the years are the kind of
people we Michiganders like, and I hope I can find many, many more
like you in the travels through the State of South Carolina today.
Within the last ten days or two weeks, on two occasions
I addressed myself to the basic problems we face in the Nation --
number one, to. whip inflation; number two, to keep our economy
strong and growing; and number three, to enlist every one of you as
well as 213 million other Americans in this effort which involves
saving not only our economy through prudent use of our funds,
through the prudent use of our energy, but through the efforts
of every one of you in wasting less and saving more.
Now let me speak, if I might, as to how you can
participate and cooperate. You see on my lapel here a button
that says W-I-N, WIN. It means whip inflation now.
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So far, in the White House we have received over
100, 000 communications from citizens all over this great
country -- rich, poor, old, young -- individuals who understand
that it is essential, it is vital, that if we are to preserve our way
of life, our economy, our Government, that we have to enlist
in this battle, a battle to save America.
And so I urge every one of you here to write the
White House and we will send you a WIN button which indicates
that you have pledged yourself, and that you will get othe to
join in this struggle which is crucial to the future of our great
country.
Now in this program that I submitted to the Congress
about ten days ago, there were 31 different proposals. It was
a comprehensive program aimed at winning the battle against
inflation, keeping our economy strong and constructive and
moving forward. It was a plan and a program to conserve energy
and to develop our natural resources so we would have more supplies
and not be in a practical problem of allocating shortages.
Now the Congress has a responsibility to move on
that program, and one of the ingredients of that program was
to ask the Congress to set a ceiling of $300 billion on Federal
spending, which would amount to about a $5.4 billion saving.
I regret to tell you that the Congress has not sent to
my desk this spending limitation.
Now what we need in Congress are candidates
who will cut red tape, who will cut the budget, and in effect, cut
the mustard. And I urge you to make sure that the ones you
elect this fall meet those criteria.
Now let me say a word or two, if I might, about some
of the gentlemen that have appeared here, others you will see
between now and November 5. I indicated at the outset that I
am proud of the candidates that the Republican party have fielded
in the State of South Carolina. They are good people. They are
seeking to give to you and South Carolina competition.
A long time ago I competed in college athletics and
I found there that competition was good for everybody. Later, I
practiced law, and I found that competition in the legal field was
good. I have been in the Congress, or I was in the Congress, for
almost 26 years. I found that competition in Congress was good
for America. Competition is one of the basic ingredients of the
American system.
Competition is good for everybody. And so I am
proud to be here and to say that in Jim Edwards, Carroll Campbell,
you have good candidates for the two highest State offices in
South Carolina.
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They are the kind that believe in reform. They
have experience in State government. And I think all of you would
be proud to support their candidacy.
But I am also del ighted to be in South Carolina to
speak up with pride for Gwen Bush, Marshall Parker, Len
Phillips, Bob Watkins. These are candidates who come from
you, the people of South Carolina, who want to represent you.
And it seems to me that it is important in South
Carolina, as it is in every one of the other 49 States, that we
develop this competition, a strong two-party system, that will
give to all of you in this great State an opportunity to make a
choice.
And, as I said a moment ago, I am proud of the
people that my party has fielded to give you that choice.
I happen to know Floyd Spence and Ed Young from
your State who served with me in the House of Representatives.
Fine, fine Members of Congress. They represent your State
with the kind of forward-looking attitude, the kind of voting
record, that is good for your State and good for our Nation.
And of course it has been my privilege over a
long period of time to know your great Senator, Strom Thurmond,
who has the same point of view, the same strength.
So let me just say that in Strom Thurmond, Ed
Young, Floyd Spence, we have given you the kind of people that
I think are good for your State, are good for our country. And I
hope and trust, as you meditate and contemplate between now
and November 5, you will fee} as I do, the pride in the kind of
candidates that are represented by the party that is headed by
Strom Thurmond in the great State of South Carolina.
Thank you very, very much.
END
(9:32 A. M. EDT)