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The original documents are located in Box D18, folder "Republican Dinner, Staunton, VA,
September 30, 1965" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at
the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box D18 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary
and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
Congressman
Gerald R. Ford
Minority
Leader
7th District
FORD is LIBRARY GERVLD
REPUBLICANS
Sept. 30, 1965
Staunton, Virginia
"Let's Make
VIRGINIA FIRST AGAIN"
Staunton Steam Laundry
FOR GOVERNOR
A. Linwood Holton
Age 41. Married to former Virginia Harrison Rogers; 3
children. Lives in Roanoke.
and
EDUCATION-Washington and Lee University, 1944,
cum laude. Harvard Law School, 1949, LL.B.
OCCUPATION-Partner and Charter Member in Law
Firm of Eggleston, Holton, Butler & Glenn, Roanoke.
MILITARY SERVICE-U.S. Naval Officer (Submarine
Staunton White Way
Force), World War II. Commanding Officer, Naval Re-
serve Surface Unit, Roanoke. Member, National Naval
Reserve Policy Board.
CIVIC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS - Backbone
Laundry
Club of Roanoke, Chamber of Commerce (former Presi-
dent).
CHURCH-Elder, Member and Sunday School Teacher,
Second Presbyterian Church of Roanoke.
FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
Serving
Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.
STAUNTON - WAYNESBORO -
Age 34. Married to former Dorothy Budge; five children.
Lives in McLean.
EDUCATION - Georgetown University, 1957, B.S.
LEXINGTON - HARRISONBURG
American University, 1957-59, journalism.
OCCUPATION-President, Callahan Publications, Mc-
Lean. Executive Vice-President, Woods and Callahan,
- AUGUSTA, ROCKBRIDGE and
Public Relations Advisers.
MILITARY SERVICE-U. S. Marine Corps, enlisted,
Korean War. Reserve Officer, U.S. Coast Guard.
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
CIVIC AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS - Kiwanis
Club of McLean (Director). McLean Jaycees (State Di-
rector). McLean Citizens Association (former Director).
With Quality
CHURCH - Member, St. John's Catholic Church, Mc-
Lean.
Laundry - Dry Cleaning - Rug Cleaning
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL
D. Dortch Warriner
Linen & Uniform Rental Service
Age 36. Married to former Barbara Ann Jenkins; 3 chil-
dren. Lives in Emporia.
EDUCATION-University of North Carolina, 1951,
B.A.; Chairman, Student Council. University of Virginia
Law School, 1957, LL. B.
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA
OCCUPATION-Partner in Law Firm of Vincent,
Warriner and Outten, Emporia. Member, Virginia State
Bar Association.
MILITARY SERVICE-U. S. Naval Officer (Destroyer
Force), Korean War.
STATE SENATE
I. Randolph Dovel
Compliments
Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham,
Warren, Harrisonburg
Rexrode
"Ran" Dovel was born 57 years ago in Luray, a sixth-generation Virginian. He
is married, has two children and six grand-children. He is a lawyer, a farmer, and a
business man. For twelve years he was Commonwealth's Attorney.
Dovel in 1936 was the first State Chairman of the Virginia Young Republicans.
He has been Secretary of the State Republican Committee and Chairman of the State
Republican Committee.
Machine
D. Henry Almond
BATH (in the Seventh District)
Allegheny, Botetourt, Roanoke County,
Clifton Forge, Covington
Works
Del. D. Henry Almond was born in Campbell County, Virginia, July 22, 1923.
He received his B.A. degree at Lynchburg College, and is an engineer for the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Co. He was in the Air Force in World War II.
His memberships include: the Unitarian Church, Telephone Pioneers of America,
Chi Beta Phi Scientific Fraternity, Young Republicans, Roanoke County Republican
Committee, Roanoke County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations.
He was elected to the House of Delegates in 1963.
1711 W. Beverley Street
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Arthur R. Giesen, Jr.
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA
Augusta, Highland, Staunton,
Waynesboro (two seats)
Dial 886-2780
Del. Arthur R. Geisen, Jr. is President and Treasurer of Augusta Steel Corpora-
tion, Staunton. An active member of the Lutheran Church.
He is a member of the Verona Lions Club, Staunton Committee of the United
Negro College Fund, and the Staunton-Augusta Chamber of Commerce. He is on the
Executive Committee of the Staunton Chapter of the Virginia Mental Health Associa-
tion; and is on the Republican State Central Committee.
He was born in Radford, Virginia on August 8, 1932. His B.A. degree was award-
ed by Yale University and his Master's degree by Harvard School of Business Ad-
ministration.
Giesen was elected to the House of Delegates in 1963.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
O. Beverley Roller
HARRY A. QUICK, III
Augusta, Highland, Staunton,
Real Estate Broker
Waynesboro (two seats)
1503 WEST MAIN STREET
O. Beverley Roller was born at Weyers Cave, Virginia on May 7, 1925. He married
Dorothy Stroop, and they have two daughters and a son.
He received his B.S. degree from V.P.I., with honors, and has done graduate work
P. O. 463
at Madison College and V. P. I. His fraternities are Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa
Phi, and Alpha Zeta.
Roller is entering his seventeenth year of teaching in the Augusta County Schools.
A Certified Lay Speaker of the Methodist Church, Roller holds many church
Waynesboro, Virginia
positions. He was elected District Governor of the Woodrow Wilson Ruritan in 1963.
He also holds the highest degree in the National FFA.
TELEPHONE 942-2689
Donald K. Funkhouser
RENT
MANAGE
Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah,
Harrisonburg (two seats)
Don Funkhouser was born in 1933, and reared on a farm near Edinburg. He re-
Compliments of
ceived his B.A. degree at Bridgewater College in 1953.
Mr. Funkhouser, a veteran of the Korean conflict as U. S. Air Force instructor
from 1953 to 1957, taught in the Shenandoah County Schools 1957 and 1958. He is
married to the former Miss Betty Jean Dovel of Weyers Cave, and they have three
children.
R. M. HARSHBARGER, INC.
Mr. Funkhouser is a member and Sunday School teacher of Bethel Lutheran
Church Edinburg.
He is employed by Richard F. Lewis, Jr., Inc., Broadcast Stations.
Building Contractor
Don E. Earman
HOUSE AND COMMERCIAL
Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah,
BUSINESS LOCATION: HWY. 42 - MOSCOW, VA.
Harrisonburg (two seats)
Don E. Earman was born in Rockingham County in 1933. He received his B.S.
Phone - Mt. Solon 67-F-2
degree from the College of William and Mary in 1955, and his LL.B. from the Uni-
versity of Virginia in 1957. In 1955 he married Jean Bowman of Edinburg, and they
have five children.
He is the senior member of the law firm of Earman and Julias in Harrisonburg,
and is a past president of the Harrisonburg - Rockingham Bar Association and a mem-
ber of the American Trial Lawyers Association.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Compliments
W. Howard Ellifrits
CENTRAL DRUG STORE
Shenandoah County (Retiring)
MEDICAL CENTER DRUGS
Seventh District's Elder Statesman
FREE DELIVERY
FREE PARKING
W. Howard Ellifrits was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio, August 18, 1895. He received
his education in the public schools of Elkins, West Virginia, and at West Virginia Uni-
versity. His wife is the former Mary Ellen Resley
Mr. Ellifrits is a World War I veteran. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church;
a Past Commander of American Legion Post No. 77, and a Past District Commander
of the Legion; a past President of the Strasburg Rotary Club
He is President of the First National Bank, Strasburg, Virginia. Mr. Ellifrits re-
KNOPP BROTHERS, INC.
tired as Clerk of the Circuit Court December 31, 1959. It was "his pleasure to repre-
sent Shenandoah County for three regular and three extra sessions in the House of
Delegates," having been elected for the first trm in the fall of 1959.
LUMBER - MILLWORK - BUILDING SUPPLIES
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
867 Middlebrook Ave.
Staunton, Virginia
H.V. Traywick
AMHERST (in the Seventh District), Lynchburg
COMPLIMENTS
For Complete
Insurance Service
CENTRAL TIRE & BATTERY
CALL
VERONA, VIRGINIA
BRAXTON GREEN AND JOE WALLACE
Auto - Fire - Home Owners - Bonds - Workmen's Compensation
Phone 885-2251
Public Liability - Inland Marine - Life - Hospitalization
BRADEN & VAN FOSSEN
Loss of Income - Group Insurance - Multi-Peril
Burglary - Retirement Plans
FOUNDRY
Machinists and Welders
RAILINGS
ORNAMENTAL
COLUMNS
PHONE STAUNTON 885-0823
IRON
2507 W. Beverley St., Staunton, Va. FURNITURE
Compliments
Staunton Machine Works
J. B. Wine & Son
Staunton, Virginia
COMPLIMENTS OF
A Friend
Incorporated
EARLY RISE
DAIRY FARM
X
X
MR. & MRS. JOSEPH L. EARLY
General Contractors
Hale Electric Company, Inc.
X
X
Electrical Contractors
VERONA,
X
VIRGINIA
VERONA, VIRGINIA
Program Schedule
5:15
Congressman Gerald R. Ford, State Republican Chairman
Robert J. Corber, and Virginia National Committeeman
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
I. Lee Potter arrive at Shenandoah Valley Airport
1625 EYE STREET NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20006
NAtional 8-6800
6:00
Congressman Ford, A Linwood Holton, Vincent F. Callahan, Jr.,
RAY C. BLISS
D. Dortch Warriner, and area legislative candidates receive the
CHAIRMAN
News Media.
September 15, 1965
6:30
Call to Order Master of Ceremonies, Braxton Green -
Chairman Staunton Republican Committee
Invocation, The Rev. Warren D. Bowman - President Emeritus
Bridgewater College.
Seventh District of Virginia
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
45 Edgewood Road
Staunton, Virginia
Comments, Robert J. Corber
Dear Republicans:
On the part of the Republican National Committee and myself,
Dinner
I want to express the deepest appreciation for the work the
Republicans of the Seventh Congressional District of Virginia
have done for our Party.
7:30
Introduction of Speaker, A Linwood Holton,
You are meeting at a time when we are all acutely aware of the
Republican Candidate for Governor
challenges facing our Party.
It is my sincerest hope that this dinner, addressed by our able
Address by Honorable Gerald R. Ford, House Minority Leader
House Leader, Representative Gerald Ford of Michigan, will
provide the inspiration for meeting these challenges and result
in sending more Republicans to Richmond.
If the Republicans of Virginia's Seventh District can accomplish
that, they will be making a major contribution to the effort of
Republicans everywhere -- the effort to restore our Party to a
position of commanding influence and to strengthen our vital two-
party system upon which the American way of life depends.
Dinner
Sincerely yours,
FRUIT CUP
RayBliss Ray C. Bliss
ROAST BEEF
RCB:jlh
BAKED POTATO
GREEN BEANS
SALAD
ROLLS
APPLE PIE
COFFEE
TEA
TRANSIT MIXED CONCRETE CORP.
RICHMOND ROAD
STAUNTON, VA.
PHONE 886-8480
Bunker Hill
Neighborhood Drug Store, Inc.
806 Springhill Road
Staunton, Va.
Farm
Phone 886-2447
QUICK'S NEWS
JUSTIN LEATHER
AMBASSADOR CARDS
BYFORD PIPES
"If our peanuts were any fresher, they would be insulting"
Beverley at New
"Work for the Party That
C.J. Sheets
Electrical Contractor
Works for You"
MT. SIDNEY
VIRGINIA
KINMONT FARMS
KINDIG BROS.
CHAROLAIS CATTLE
LIVESTOCK DEALERS
STUARTS DRAFT, VA.
J. Earl Kindig
Lyle R. Kindig
PHONE WAYNESBORO 942-3416 OR 942-0309
MR. & MRS. E. C. BURTNER
CONGRESSMAN GERALD R. FORD
represents the Fifth District of Michigan, which is made up of the counties of Ionia
and Kent. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he was educated in the public schools of
Phone:
Grand Rapids, Michigan and received his B.A. degree from the University of
Michigan. His LL.B. degree was conferred by the Yale University Law School. He
Office TU 6-5637
641 North Coalter St.
served for forty-seven months in the United States Navy in World War II.
In 1947 he received the Grand Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce Dis-
Home TU 6-6351
únguished Service Award, and in 1949 the United States Junior Chamber of Com-
merce Distinguished Service Award.
In Congress since January 3, 1949, Rep. Gerald R. Ford was elected Minority
R. W. CASH
Leader of the House of Representatives at the opening of the 89th Congress on
January 4, 1965. During the 88th Congress (1963-64) he was Chairman of the
Republican Conference of the House. Before becoming Minority Leader, Ford
served on the Committee on Appropriations where he was the senior Republican
HEATING and
member on the Subcommittee for the Department of Defense and a member of the
Subcommittee for Foreign Operations. He has been a member on the Rebublican
Policy Committee for seven years and has served as a member of the Joint Senate-
PLUMBING CONTRACTOR
House Republican Leadership since January, 1963. In November 1963 he was
appointed by President Johnson to a seven-member board to investigate the assassina-
tion of President Kennedy. Mr. Ford is the author (with John R. Stiles) of the
book "Portrait of the Assassin" (1965).
Ford has been designated as a member of the American Group for the Inter-
parliamentary Union and attended the 1959 session in Warsaw, the 1961 session at
Sales and Installation
Brussels, and the 1963 meeting in Belgrade. He has also represented this country at
meetings of the United States-Canadian Interparliamentary Group in Ottawa (Cana-
da), New York, and Washington in 1959-1960. Rep. Ford was called a "Congress-
man's Congressman" by the American Political Science Association when in Septem-
ber 1961 he was selected by the Association as the Republican House member to
receive its "Distinguished Congressional Service Award" for outstanding work in
the Congress.
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA
He and his wife, the former Elizabeth Bloomer, are the parents of three sons-
Michael Gerald, John Gardner, and Steven Meigs; and one daughter, Susan Eliza-
beth.
OBAUGH FORD INC.
Compliments of
INVITES YOU TO SEE THE
All New
1966 MODEL FORDS
Dickerson & Cole
October 1, 1965
D.&S. Appliance Company
PLUMBING AND HEATING
Headquarters for
CONTRACTORS
WESTINGHOUSE and ZENITH
Marston and Michael
Heating Contractors
BUENA VISTA, VIRGINIA
2402 Noon Street
Staunton, Virginia
Phone 885-1771
Wright Printing Company
W. L. (Fee) Detamore, owner
Compliments of
Offset and Letter Press Printing
I AM
KEN WINE
W.F.HOY
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOR COMMISSIONER
OF THE REVENUE
Plastering Contractor
CITY OF STAUNTON
ON NOVEMBER 2, 1965,
709 Richmond Ave.
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR
SUPPORT
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA
VOTE FOR
X
KENNETH
Phone 886-2205
L. WINE
Virginia GOP Platform
Commission, and we will take rapid steps to carry out its principal
recommendations, including comprehensive community mental health
centers for all parts of the Commonwealth. We aim for increased state
participation in the creation, maintenance and development of local
"We Hold These Principles
"
educational and training facilities for the mentally retarded.
WE BELIEVE IN INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, THE
HIGHWAY SAFETY
FREE ENTERPRISE ECONOMIC SYSTEM, AND
is our great concern and we pledge continuing search for improved legis-
LOCAL SELF GOVERNMENT. WE BELIEVE
lation and better law enforcement, an enlarged State police force, and
THAT GOVERNMENT MUST GUARANTEE
rapid progress with the arterial and secondary highway programs pro-
THE INDIVIDUAL HIS RIGHTS TO LIFE,
jected in 1962.
LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY, AND MUST NOT
NEW AND EXPANDED INDUSTRY
INTERFERE WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL'S
FREEDOM TO PURSUE HIS PEACEFUL AMBITION
will greatly aid our state, and we will make a continued and more in-
tensive effort towards creating an attractive atmosphere for industry
TO THE FULL EXTENT OF HIS ABILITIES,
through improvement in roads, education, community attitudes towards
REGARDLESS OF RACE OR CREED. THEREFORE,
industry, maintenance of existing right-to-work laws; including those tax
A FREE AND ENLIGHTENED ELECTORATE
reforms and other incentives that will apply equally to established as
well as new industries.
is one of our goals, and we seek removal of unnecessary obstacles to regis-
tration and voting, including removal of the poll tax, simplification and
WE RECOGNIZE THESE RESPONSIBILITIES
recodification of election laws, and fair and equitable appoortionment of
and we want to meet them in a sensible fashion, without deficit financ-
representation.
ing. We therefore seek:
EDUCATION OF EVERY VIRGINIA CHILD
(1) Improved governmental efficiency and economy, elimination
in a free public school is his right. This education should include in-
of unnecessary agencies, of duplication of services, of pet proj-
structional facilities, aids and personnel equal to that of every other
ects and unqualified political appointees. All of these will
county or city within this state or nation. We therefore pledge greater
make available substantial funds, and
state participation in the costs of instruction, including teachers' salaries,
(2) A fair and realistic estimate of funds to be available for
more attractive retirement benefits for teachers and state employees,
appropriation, including not only the funds previously ap-
and increased teacher training facilities.
propriated, but not expanded - the anticipated "surplus" -
HIGHER EDUCATION
but also revenues anticipated from existing sources, which
should make available substantial funds in excess of tradi-
should be within the reach of every Virginia high school graduate as
tional and official estimates of the past.
he may desire and as may be within his capabilities. We pledge ex-
pansion of the existing institutions of higher learning and a rapid but
If by these means we cannot meet our responsibilities, we favor an over-
orderly increase in the number, size and quality of Virginia's community
haul of our tax structure and would consider an uniform state-wide re-
colleges and technical and vocational schools. A substantial increase
tail sales tax with provisions for sharing substantial revenue with the
must be made in total and per capita operating budgets of Virginia's
localities on an equitable basis. This would have to take into account
state supported colleges.
the amounts that localities are presently receiving from such taxes; and
should permit outright repeal of personal property taxes and adjustments
MENTAL HEALTH
and a reduction in state taxes.
is the moral responsibility of each Virginia citizen. We pledge a
sympathetic review of the Report of the Virginia Mental Health Study
(Condensed from the Platform adopted by the Virginia Republican Convention May 15, 1965)
Compliments of
Compliments of
Structural Steel Company, Inc.
STANDARD TILE COMPANY, INC.
735 NORFOLK AVE.
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA
PHONE DI 5-1531
Phone 886-2317
All Set to Serve YOU
Staunton's Downtown Holiday Inn
I AM
Coffee shop open daily 6 a. m. to 12 midnight.
HENDERSON COX
Elegant formal dining room.
Banquet facilities for 400.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
Three conference rooms.
FOR
CITY SERGEANT
104 modern guest rooms.
Swimming pool.
CITY OF STAUNTON
"The Nation's Innkeeper"
ON NOVEMBER 2, 1965,
I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR
SUPPORT
VOTE FOR
X
HENDERSON
A.RHMOTORS,INC.
M. COX
YOUR CHRYSLER-IMPERIAL-VALIANT-
Compliments of A Friend
PLYMOUTH DEALER
Compliments of
Compliments of
Hevener
Sales & Service
Gray's
Construction
IGA
Churchville, Va.
Food Mart
Residential & Commercial
Staunton
Virginia
General Contractors
Verona, Virginia
Seventh Congressional District of Virginia
Republican Committee
Compliments of
OFFICERS
Chairman
Liphart Steel Company, Inc.
Winston B. Wine, Staunton
Vice-Chairmen
Warren French, Jr., Woodstock
WESTWOOD AVE. & R.F. & P.R.R.
James Heath, Harrisonburg
RICHMOND, VA.
William L. Hodges, Monroe
Vice-Chairwomen
Mrs. W. Howard Ellifrits, Strasburg
Mrs. Ray T. Crowe, Mt. Crawford
PHONE EL 5-7481
Mrs. Austin Drumm, Lexington
Finance Chairman
Jon A. Lindseth, Waynesboro
Treasurer
Dwight Estep, Dayton
Secretary
Kay White, Staunton
State Central Committeemen
I. Randolph Dovel, Luray
J. Ray Miller, Strasburg
J. Kenneth Robinson, Winchester
Clark Dofflemeyer, Elkton
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Young Republican District Committeeman
Frederick William Burke, Lexington
Republican Women's Clubs Committeewoman
Mrs. William H. Logan, Woodstock
LOCAL CHAIRMEN (Committee Members)
X
Counties
Amherst
B. H. Bryant, Jr., Madison Heights
Augusta
W. A. Quick, Jr., Weyers Cave
Bath
Walter P. Farnsworth, Hot Springs
Mark D. Finch
Chairman
Clarke
J. Kenneth Carr, Berryville
Frederick
Donald L. Baughman, Winchester
Highland
Marvin L. Eagle, Monterey
Madison
Cecil R. Coppedge, Etlan
George C. Lennox
Asst. Chairman
Nelson
T. Maxie Campbell, Roseland
Page
I. Randolph Dovel, Luray
Rappahannock
J. A. Bernard Dahlgren, Huntley
Carmen S. Davis
Finance Chairman
Rockbridge
Dr. Charles Phillips, Lexington*
Rockingham
H. Hilton Almond, McGaheysville
Shenandoah
J. Ray Miller, Strasburg
Warren
Thomas Kerns, Front Royal
Cities
Buena Vista
Dr. Charles Phillips, Lexington*
Harrisonburg
Olen G. Miller
MALCOLM & MICHAEL
Staunton
Braxton Green
Parnassus, Virginia
Waynesboro
John A. Phillips
Winchester
E. R. Huntsberry, Jr.
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*Joint Cosmittee
This will probably be the last public function of the Seventh Congressional Dis-
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districting Act, the Seventh District loses the counties of Amherst and Nelson. To
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the District will be added the counties of Albemarle, Culpeper, Fluvanna, Greene, and
Town and Country Real Estate
DAY DIAL 885-0838
Orange, and the City of Charlottesville.
NIGHT DIAL 886-6569
Compliments of
COMPLIMENTS
Atkins Automotive Corp.
Buckhead Development Corp.
YOUR N. A. P. A. JOBBER
Route 2, Waynesboro, Va.
Developers of
CRESTMONT
Sub-Division
STAUNTON
Compliments of
PHONE 885-0844
M. E. Humphries Gen. Contractor
STUARTS DRAFT, VIRGINIA
PHONE 337-1631
Clifton Forge
Luray
Commercial & Industrial Builders
862-4228
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Excavating, Grading and Street Construction
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es
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FORD is LIBRARY GERALD
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Great, great man
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Republican Dinner
Staunton, Virginia
September 30, 1965
Genate
Assembly 11189
Ont Third move
It is a special pleasure to be with you tonight in the heart of the
Shenandoah Valley.
Virginia is a special Republican State. President Eisenhower was here
last week. And, next week Dick Nixon will be in the 10th of the original
13 States. We have great Republican hopes here.
Yes, Four Party is making headway in Virginia, particularly when we have
+ Ber Roller
a of
man the caliber of Pete Giesen as a Member of the House of Delegates!
1
Next month we should see a Republican Governor of Virginia. Linwood Holton
should unseat Albertis Harrison. If Lin uses the same sound technique that
worked to help elect Dick Poff to Congress, he'll be a shoo-in! So will
his running mate -- Vincent Callahan!
GERALD FORD VIBRARY
-2-
Unlike Pete, Lin, Dick and Vince, the old-time political orator lived
a strange and uncertain life. He traveled a rocky road. At times
he was the victim of ripe tomatoes, rotten eggs and human tormentors.
All this has changed, except for the occasional heckler.
For example, one evening I began my speech by saying, "I'm pleased
to see such a dense crowd here tonight."
A loud-voiced critic in the rear of the auditorium shouted:
"Don't be too pleased, Congressman. We ain't all dense!"
I will follow the advice of the late President Calvin Coolidge in
keeping within reasonable limits tonight.
A political friend once told him, "Cal, my formula for public speaking
is a good beginning and a good ending close together." Mr. Coolidge
thought a moment and said, "Why be so windy?"
(K I S STORY)
Party Hourn Democracy in
Two
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14b Wash
Tonight I call upon you to make a very special effort as Republicans.
Voty
Mich
The Party needs your help, your ideas, your ability to get things done.
50 States
The first job is to win in Virginia this autumn! And the same is true
1
in New Jersey and New York City. Then, the next step is to achieve
victories in 1966. I applaud you for your all-out drive to elect
Lin Holton Governor and Vincent Callahan Lieutenant Governor of your
wonderful State!
Re-building our Party on a national scale must start with Republican
victories in the States, counties, townships all over America.
We cannot win by sitting on the sidelines waiting for a eatastrophe.
Let's forget 1964, except to remember not to make the same mistakes!
Let us become once again ONE Republican Party.
This does not mean a huge, monolithic political Party. We can have
responsible disagreements. We should have intelligent dialogue.
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Unless we leave the splintering and bickering to the Democrats, and
become one BIG political family, we will belong to a ghost of a Party.
The net result will be one-party government in America -- and it
won't be our Party.
The "one party" dominating our beloved land will be "big-city political
bosses," power-hungry labor dictators, theoretical way-out liberals.
The Nation is seeing what a one-party controlled Federal establishment
can do to our institutions and traditions. During the next few months
the degree of Federal interference in individual affairs will dangerously
increase. The voices of the people will be even more muffled and muted.
Potomac paternalism -- already stifling the States and the people --
will grow greater.
GERALD
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Even some Democrats believe there is a place for responsible dissent
and constructive criticism. Like us, they know the dangers that go
with one Party controlling Congress by a 2 to 1 majority, and having
iron-handed power in the White House at the same time.
The dangers of federalism give us an important issue in the coming
campaign. For the tentacles of BIG government are already clutching
State Houses and local governments all over America.
Two other great issues for the Republican Party are the Democrat
Administration's lack of fiscal sanity and the terrifying explosion
of Federal spending.
Now we all know how the Democrats peddled the idea of a Great Society,
promising the moon, a rainbow of health, wealth and happiness for
everyone, three chickens in every pot, as many cars in every garage.
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Thankfully, we are seeing a great awakening in the American electorate.
The shocking facts of life are brought more clearly into focus almost
daily.
This year alone -- for example -- 20 major public laws, spawned in the
White House to maintain its alleged and costly Great Society, authorize
new spending of an estimated $16,767,300,000 in fiscal 1966. This
fantastic spending spree is over and above so-called regular expenditures!
The Democrats are behaving as if they couldn't care less what happens
to the Nation's economy. They spend money like it's going out of style.
In the first five years of the Democrat Administration since President
Eisenhower, the national debt has grown to $325 billion. And, the Nation
is committed to future spending of $800 billion that requires no new
laws or programs.
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We are embarked on a spending spree that could drive the yearly budget
past the $200 billion mark, without counting the cost of the Viet Nam
war.
The cry is for cash on the barrel-head to finance experiments of the
Great Society. At the same time, the Democrats go meekly along with
the Administration in permitting partial funding for the war in Viet Nam
installment-buying for national security
borrowing against tomorrow.
There appears to be no certainty in the Democrat Great Society -- except
debt and taxes. And the American public is rapidly becoming aware of
this tragic situation. It offers the Republican Party a great opportunity
to prove the soundness of our responsible fiscal policies
in Virginia
and the other 49 States.
As a footnote, I recall what Lin Holton said a few days ago. The
Republicans are offering "two-party democracy" in Virginia, he said.
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In races for Congressional seats --- in political contests all across
the land -- this wise statement likewise is true.
Yes, there are many issues. They are vital ones. They have a direct
bearing on each American taxpayer -- Democrat, Republican, and Independent
alike.
Let's examine some of them in more detail.
The alleged war on poverty is a good place to start.
We Republicans have long realized that the way to beat poverty is
through providing jobs, primarily through private industry. The Great
Society's remedy is to compensate those who are not working and blame
society for the fact that they are disadvantaged.
How effective is the Great Society's politically-oriented scheme?
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Job Crops
Operation Head Start was supposed to give under-advantaged youngsters
a head start on regular school. They were to get full-time attention
from instructors and volunteers. The hidden purpose, which is gradually
Batter
coming out of the shadows, is really to establish wall-to-wall welfare --
a higher plateau of clutching federalism for rich and poor alike.
Republicans -- the Party of Lincoln and Eisenhower -- believe every
citizen's vote should be counted -- ONCE!
White House architects of the voting rights bill that sailed through
Congress adamantly opposed and sought to scuttle a Republican proposal
that would have assured clean elections. They discarded progress to
preserve conditions which permit big-city machines to exercise their
motto -- "Vote early and often and we'll count it more than once!"
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Americans are learning fast that the Great Society is a costly one.
There are ironic notes. I wonder at the logic in the fact that the
Great Society is a place where it is claimed everyone has the right
to a job, yet no one can have the right to work!
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What of inflation?
First of all -- it's here. Higher prices at the supermarket.
Higher tuition costs at college. A $1,000 government bond purchased
in 1949 is worth only $730 in buying power today. In just one month --
June 1965 -- $10,000 in life insurance lost $50 in general purchasing
power -- all pensions, wages, dividends and other income have shrunk
accordingly during the 30 days of the past June alone!
Inflation is not the problem of the lower income group -- the middle
income group -- the upper income group. Inflation is everyone's problem!
The Democrats have no solution.
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We Republicans want to meet this challenge -- head-on -- now.
The Great Society promoters would like to pretend it doesn't exist.
The real cost of Government is carefully and artfully concealed.
Our job is to bring the facts to the people. We will all become
paper-rich and security-poor unless we stop this inflationary trend
in its tracks.
Earlier, I said that fiscal sanity and federal spending are two major
issues on the national level. Likewise, fiscal responsibility and
government spending are State and local issues where the Democrats are
entrenched with their political empires.
In Virginia -- everywhere -- I believe Republicans should conduct a
neighbor-to-neighbor type of campaign.
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Tell your neighbors that living costs are high and going higher.
Remind them that high taxes and Democrats go hand-in-hand.
Tell them that free enterprise made this great Nation -- that federal
regulation and domination threaten to make it a permanent, costly,
reckless-spending Great Society.
Ask them to check what's been quietly happening to all of us -- that
we have less to spend on necessities, perhaps more income, but less
purchasing power.
These are powerful arguments. A united Republican Party can use them
to achieve victories.
Right now, the job is waging campaigns based on the issues in Virginia,
in the other States, in counties, townships, precincts -- door-to-door--
neighbor-to-neighbor.
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Victory reached on this broad base will bring a swift and meaningful
resurgence at the national level.
We must be united, strong, un-splintered, joined together, shoulder-to-
shoulder -- ONE Republican Party.
I have complete confidence in you, a Republican victory in Virginia,
and a stronger two-party government in every State.
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GRAD FOR
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
Excerpts from a speech
Staunton, Virginia
For release at time of
delivery of speech
September 30, 1965
9/30/65
Rebuilding our Party on a national scale must start with Republican
victories in the States, counties and townships all over America.
We cannot win by sitting on the sidelines waiting for a catastrophe.
Let's forget 1964я except to remember not to make the same mistakes.
Let us once again become one Republican Part
This does not mean a huge monolithic political party. We can have
responsible disagreements. We should have intelligent dialogue.
*
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The Nation is seeing what a one-party controlled Federal establishment
can do to our institutions and traditions.
During the next few months the depree of Federal interference in
individual affairs will dangerously increase. The voices of the people
will be even more muffled and muted
The dangers of federalism give 16. an important issue. The tenacles
of big government already clutch state houses and local communities
all over America.
Two other great issues for the Republican Party are the Democrat
Administration's lack of fiscal sanity and the terrifying explosion
of Federal spending.
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The cry is for cash on the barrel-head to finance experiments of
the Great Society. At the same time, Democrats go along with the
Administration permitting installment buying for national security-
borrowing against tomorrow.
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
Excerpts from a speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford
(f)
The real cost of government is carefully and artfully concealed. The
Republican job is to bring the facts to the people. We must make the Nation
aware that we will all become paper rich and security poor unless the inflation-
ary trend is stopped in its tracks.
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Every time a federal program is created, or enlarged, it costs each of us
money. Direct and hidden taxes are growing steadily. We face rising local taxes
when federal match-fund projects stimulate local spending.
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The Democrats are working to establish their personal empire builders in
city halls, courthouses, statehouses and in Congress. The Republican job is to
replace them right along the line from the courthouse to the White House.
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Republicans must reach the electorate with the facts.
We must point out that living costs are high and going higher; that high
taxes and the Democrats go hand-in-hand; that waste and Lyndon B. Johnson
feather the same nest; that the federal Santa Claus is picking tax dollars
from our pockets.
We must get across to the people that there is no certain ty in the alleged
Great Society
except, debt and taxes.
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Let us all, every day, remind our friends and neighbors that our present
course is folly; that it can lead to national and personal bankruptcy; that we
need a good society, not an alleged "great" one under the wing of Potomac
paternalism.
The Great Society of today is a shambles of contradictions. Its creed consists
of pat social phrases designed to make those who earn, or to excel, feel guilty.
Success has become a curse.
The programs are dressed in purity of name, under which operate hard-core
politicians busily engaged in extending and abusing federal power.
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Let us not fall into fractional, factional Republicanism. For victories
we need unity and a positive outlook. We can win.
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