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The original documents are located in Box 6, folder "3/10/75 - Carla Hills Swearing-In
Ceremony" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 6 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
The PRESIDENT HAS SEEN def
CARLA HILLS' SWEARING IN CEREMONY
MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1975
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Rod
members of Compho
CARLA, MR. HILLS, MR. JUSTICE WHITE, THE HILLS
FAMILY, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS:
- 2 -
I AM IN GOOD COMPANY WELCOMING CARLA ANDERSON HILLS
INTO THE CABINET AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
CARLA AND MR. JUSTICE WHITE, WHO WILL
ADMINISTER THE OATH, HUD UNDER SECRETARY JIM MITCHELL AND I
ARE ALL GRADUATES OF YALE LAW SCHOOL.
BUT + HASTEN TO ASSURE
EVERYONE THAT THERE TS NO CONSPIRACY INVOLVED HERE
ONLY COINCIDENCE.
MAYBE ID BETTER NOT
SAY THAT. I CAN IMAGINE A DOZEN
OTHER PROSPECTS STARTING To PRACTICE
THE WHIFFEN POOF SONG.
- 3 -
THE JOB FACING THE NEW SECRETARY IS IMMENSE
SHE ASSUMES THE VERY SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITY OF ADMINISTERING
THIS IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT AT A TIME OF RECESSION IN THE HOUSING
INDUSTRY.
SHE HAS THE UNIQUE SKILLS AND DEDICATION WHICH
ARE VITAL IN HELPING US MOVE THROUGH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME INTO
PRODUCTIVITY AND VITALITY IN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
- 4 -
CARLA HAS A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.
HER VERY CAPABLE
PREDECESSOR AT HUD, JIM LYNN, WAS INSTRUMENTALIN ACHIEVING
PASSAGE OF THE HISTORIC HOUS ING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT
OF 1974, WHICH I SIGNED INTO LAW LAST AUGUST.
ONE OF CARLA'S
MAJOR JOBS WILL BE TO IMPLEMENT THIS MASSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE
PROGRAM.
INCIDENTALLY, CARLA'S BUDGET FOR
X
FISCAL 76 WILL BE 7.1 BILLION DOLLARS.
THAT'S 1.6. BILLION DOLLARS MORE
THAN WAS GIVEN To HER PREDECESSOR
-- JIM LYCH. IF THAT DOESN'T
LYNN
DISPOSE OF MALE CHAUVENISM,
NOTHING WILL!
who, in - the 5 - last henate Congress Banking was Ch. ? The Cor
SENATOR SPARKMAN CALLS THAT ACT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
1
IN THE FIELD OF HOUS ING LEGISLATION SINCE 1934.
IT WILL BE OF
TREMENDOUS VALUE IN RESTORING TO OUR LOCALLY ELEC TED OFFICIALS
DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY IN THE HOUS ING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT FIELDS AND IN BROADENING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
INDIVIDUAL HOME OWNERSHIP.
- 6 -
RESTORATION OF HEALTH TO THE HOUSING MARKET IS
IMPERATIVE.
I AM CONVINCED THAT OUR NEWEST CABINET OFFICER
IS EQUAL TO THAT difficult CHALLENGE AND THE OTHERS WHICH WILL CONFRONT
1
HER.
- 7 -
SHE IS A DISTINGUISHED ATTORNEY AND AN AUTHOR,
AND SERVED MOST ABLY AS ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE
CIVIL DIVISION OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
SHE EARNED UNANIMOUS
PRAISE FOR HER ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITY AS WELL AS HER LEGAL TALENTS,
HER INTELLECTUAL CREDENTIALS HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED BY HER
ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC AFFAIRS.
- 8 -
OF COURSE, CARLA WILL NOT BE ALONE IN THE TASK
FACING HER.
SHE HAS AN EXCELLENT DEPARTMENT TO WORK
WITH AT H-U-D.
I AM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS
AGENCY.
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so FROM THIS MOMENT ON, LET ME MAKE THIS SUGGESTION:
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS \ PROBLEMS OR CONCERNS ABOUT
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT -- DON'T COME TO ME,
HEAD FOR THE HILLS!
CARLA -- WELCOME ABOARD!
MR. JUSTICE WHITE, IF YOU WOULD PROCEED WITH
THE OATH
END OF TEXT
CLEARANCE FORM FOR PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH MATERIAL
TO:
THE PRESIDENT
VIA:
ROBERT HARTMANN
FROM:
PAUL A. THEIS
SUBJECT:
Carla Hills' Swearing-In Ceremony
Monday, March 10, 1975
TIME, DATE AND PLACE OF PRESIDENTIAL USE:
12 noon, Monday, March 10, 1974, The White House
SPEECHWRITER: Friedman
EDITED BY: Theis
BASIC RESEARCH/SPEECH MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY:
Domestic Council
CLEARED BY (Please initial):
(X) (x) (x) CONGRESSIONAL/PUBLIC PRESS OPERATIONS (Nessen) (Rumsfeld) J.H. LIAISON (Marsh) Jone
( ) LEGAL (Buchen)
( ) ECONOMIC POLICY BOARD (Seidman)
( ) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET (Lynn)
(x) DOMESTIC COUNCIL (Cannon) gc.
( ) NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (Scowcroft)
(X) RESEARCH (Waldron) PD
(X) JERRY WARREN (FYI)
( )
( )