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Digitized from Box 27 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 7, 1976
OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
(Middletown, Ohio)
THE WHITE HOUSE
REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT
AT THE
MIDDLETOWN MALL
12:05 P.M. EDT
Thank you very, very much Tom, Governor
Rhodes, Senator Bob Taft, Congressman Chuck Whalen
and all of the local officials and distinguished guests.
But, most importantly, all the wonderful people from
Middletown who have done a superb job in coming out
here and welcoming me on this occasion. I can't thank
you enough for your help and assistance come tomorrow.
Let me tell you why I think I deserve your
vote and why I will do what is good for the community,
for this State and this country in the months ahead.
First, we want to talk about jobs. I want
to thank Bob Taft, Tom Kindness and Chuck Whalen and
the others for consulting with me and urging that I
impose a quota system on stainless steel so there will
be more jobs at the ARMCO plants in this community.
Let me make an announcement, if it has
not been announced already. Yesterday, before I took
off to come to Ohio I signed the necessary document
that imposes the import quota on stainless steel
and it will go into effect, period.
But, let's talk just a minute or two about
the overall. When I became the President 22 months
ago, this country was in tough shape. The people had
lost confidence in the White House. We were suffering
inflation at a rate of about 12 percent. We were on the
brink of a serious economic recession, our allies
abroad were very, very apprehensive about the will
and the strength of America and our adversaries have
been tempted to undertake some action against this
country.
But, in the last 22 months, we have restored
honesty, trust and confidence in the White House and
I am darn proud of it. But, everybody here is equally
concerned about inflation and jobs. What have we done
there? It is very simple. 12 percent when I became
President, it is now 3 percent or less. That is progress
and we are going to do better in the months ahead.
MORE
Page 2
In the last year from the depth of the
recession we have increased total employment in this
country 3,600,000 more jobs in the last month. It
was announced by the Department of Labor just last
Friday that 87,700,000 people have jobs in America, an
all-time high. We are going to do better than that
in the months ahead.
Let me make this commitment to you. I will
not be satisfied as your President until every person
who wants a job has a job in America.
Let me make one final comment. This country
is a good country. This country is the kind of a
country that our forefathers established so they could
give to us the opportunity and the blessings that we
have. Every one of us has a stake in making this a better
country. I ask for your support so that I have the
opportunity for the next four years to make this
country a better place for all of us, but particularly
these young people here who want the opportunity to do
better than we have.
I ask for your help. We have got to win and
we will.
Let me make this observation. You want
Bob Taft as your next United States Senator, re-elected.
You want Tom Kindness, Chuck Wh 1 n, Bud Brown, the
rest of the delegation. President Ford can win in
November and President Ford can make certain that
Bob Taft wins, Tom Kindness wins, that Chuck Whalen
wins, that Bud Brown wins.
We don't want a repetition of the debacle
that took place in 1964. We want a ticket from the
courthouse to the White House that can win for the
kind of America that is good for all of us. I ask
for your support. I have done a good job and I want
your help.
Thank you very, very much.
END (AT 12:10 P.M. EDT)