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The original documents are located in Box D6, folder "Ford Press Releases - Candidate
Endorsements GOP, 1966" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech
File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box D6 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MINORITY LEADER GERALD R. FORD ENDORSES DANIEL B. BOYER, JR., FOR CONGRESS
Dan Boyer's candidacy for Congress in the 6th District will give the
Republican Party a great lift in the November Election.
Dan is a young and vigorous man and will represent this District for
the benefit of all its citizens.
The voters are deeply disturbed that there is such a wide diversity
of opinion among Congressional Democrats and the President in regard to
the Vietnam situation. The deep division within the Democratic Party over
policy in Vietnam is prolonging the war, undermining the morale of our
fighting men and encouraging the Communist aggressor. It has confused the
people in other nations about the American purpose and has led North
Vietnamese to believe that in time we may falter, that we do not have the
necessary will or determination to win.
As a result, the peace that this Nation and the Free World seeks has
been delayed, the fighting intensified and the threat of a major war
deepened.
With Dan Boyer in Congress, the people of the 6th District will have
a strong and constructive voice in support of peace abroad and responsible
leadership at home.
###
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 10:30 A.M.
MAY 11, 1966
STATEMENT BY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER GERALD R. FORD, R-MICHIGAN.
Governor Romney has acted wisely in naming my colleague, Rep. Robert P.
Griffin, to the Senate seat left vacant by the death of Sen. Patrick V.McNamara.
Mr. Griffin is an excellent choice. I know he will serve the people of Michigan
well and with the greatest of dedication. Mr. Griffin is intelligent and
capable and imbued with the highest ideals a public servant can bring to the
office of United States senator. He is fully deserving not only of Gov. Romney's
trust but that of all the people of Michigan.
###
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--JUNE 8, 1966
STATEMENT BY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH, RE CALIF. PRIMARY .
The tremendous vote for Ronald Reagan in the California primary tells me
that Pat Brown will be looking for a new job after the ballots are counted in
November. Reagan is a most attractive, hard-working and dedicated candidate.
I feel sure the people of California will prefer him to Brown. The need now is
for California Republicans to unite behind Reagan. This will happen because
California Republicans as well as Republicans throughout the country are paying
heed to the 11th commandment as enunciated by California GOP Chairman Gaylord
Parkinson, "Thou shalt not speak ill of any Republican." I say amen to that
and predict that California's rank and file Republicans will, also.
###
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--JUNE 9, 1966
STATEMENT BY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER GERALD R. FORD, R-MICHIGAN
RE: CALIFORNIA 14th DISTRICT
I repeat what I have said many times before the balloting in California's
14th congressional district last Tuesday. Republicans will pick up at least
40 House Beats this fall.
We will have an uphill battle in the 14th district of California in
November but the loss of the late Rep. John Baldwins's seat there to a
Democrat for the short term is not at all indicative of what is happening
nationwide. Not only was that contest a battle of personalities but the
14th district of California is 3 to 2 Democratic, as borne out by
registration figures. Any Democrat who reads the California 14th District
results as a sign there will not be substantial Republican gains nationally
is just dreaming.
John Baldwin first won the California 14th District seat in 1954 in
a squeaker. His plurality was 2,560 votes--he got 50.9 per cent of the
total votes-and he had been beaten in an initial try for the seat in 1952.
The fact that Republicans held on to that seat from 1954 to the present
was primarily a tribute to Mr. Baldwin, who became so beloved by the people
in his district that his victory margins increased steadily over the years.
That is why he won by the amazing plurality of 53,000 votes--getting 64.9
per cent of the total vote--in 1964 in a normally Democratic district. The
answer is that Democrats were voting for John Baldwin.
In Tuesday's voting in California's 14th District, voters were picking
party candidates for the November 8 election and were filling the Baldwin
seat for the rest of this year at the same time. This was a device employed
by Gov. Pat Brown to give an advantage to the Democratic favorite, Jerry
Waldie. Waldie's only Democratic opponent was a nonentity. The leading
Republican candidate, Frank Newman, is highly attractive and most capable.
But Newman was not well known, and Waldie is majority leader of the state
assembly.
I am reliably informed that Waldie never ran against Mr. Baldwin
because he knew he couldn't beat him, and that he publicly said as much.
(MORE)
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STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD
The Republican vote Tuesday was split among three candidates. Waldie will
have a fight on his hands this fall when 14th district Republicans unite
behind Frank Newman and it becomes a two-man race.
Contrary to what the House majority leader has said about the election
in California's 14th district, it is the Democrats who are engaging in
wishful thinking if they are concluding from that race that Republicans will
not make sizable gains in November. To use a football term, we'll rock
them back on their heels.
# # # #
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE IN WEDNESDAY P.M.'s
JUNE 22, 1966
STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICHIGAN
WASHINGTON--House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford today pointed to
Connecticut's Fourth Congressional District as one of the targets the GOP will
zero in on most vigorously in November.
"I believe the Connecticut Fourth will be one of the 40 or more seats we
will add to our present strength on November 8," Ford said.
Ford made the comment preliminary to going to Connecticut this Saturday
for two speaking appearances.
He will deliver the keynote speech at the Republican Fourth District
congressional convention Saturday afternoon at Bridgeport and also will speak at
a GOP fund-raising dinner-dance Saturday evening at Westport. The dinner-dance
is sponsored by the Connecticut GOP State Central Committee and the Norwalk GOP
Town Committee.
It is virtually certain that Abner W. Sibal, two-term congressman who was
defeated in 1964 by Democrat Donald J. Irwin, will be nominated by the GOP
convention as the Republican challenger this year.
Ford said he was glad to see Sibal seeking reelection because during his
four years in Congress Sibal proved to be "a skilled legislator, knowledgeable,
imaginative and blessed with a sturdy independence of spirit."
Ford said the Fourth District of Connecticut is a dynamic area that deserves
forward-looking representation in Congress.
"In Washington," Ford said, "we expect something special from the legislator
who represents Connecticut's Fourth District." "We expect him to make a
meaningful contribution to the solution of the problems that confront our nation
while remaining alert to the special requirements of his constituency."
"The Fourth District had that kind of representation during Ab Sibal's two
terms in Congress," Ford declared. "If Ab is nominated, he can be sure of all
possible support to bring him back to the House, where he belongs."
###
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1966
STATEMENT BY REP. GERALD R. FORD, R-MICHIGAN.
Discerning Democrats in Michigan who supported Detroit
Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh for the Democratic Senate nomination still
have an opportunity to vote for a man who is better equipped to serve
Michigan in the U.S. Senate than is ex-Governor G. Mennen Williams.
For good reasons a great number of Mr. Cavanagh's supporters will
decide they prefer Sen. Robert P. Griffin to Soapy Williams on
November 8. Sen. Griffin has exhibited his fine qualifications for
the office he holds. He fully deserves to continue in that office.
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