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The original documents are located in Box D20, folder "Republican Fund-Raising Dinner,
Mt. Pleasant, IA, June 11, 1966" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and
Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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REMARKS re: Fred Schwengel, GOP dinner, Sat., June 11, Mt. Pleasant, Ia.--
The First District of Iowa must regain its voice in Washington. Fred
Schwengel is the man who can do that for you. Not only does the First District
need Fred Schwengel but the Republican Party needs him and Congress meeds him.
ever
No
man worked harder in Congress than Fred Schwengel. He is an I experienced
legislator with bold, fresh and imaginative ideas. He is not afraid to tackle
injustice or to seek to right what is wrong. Your present congressman and most of
FORD is GERALD BRAR
his Democratic colleagues are a bunch of rubber stamps, afraid, unable and unwilling
to exercise independent judgment in Washington.
(MORE)
XXX 2/ REMARKS. .SCHWENGEL
Compare
that type of representation with the kind offered by Fred
Schwengely.war Fred is an independent thinker who is obligated to no one but
his constituents, a tirealess worker for his people, a man who knows the needs,
desires and attitudes of First District residents and reflects
them in Congress. Fred Schwengel is aware of the major problems that face this
Republican
country. He was one of the early advocates of the / tax credit
plan
for financing college schooling. His "Iowa Plan" was one of the first
tax credit proposals introduced in the Congress.
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Digitized from Box D20 of The Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
3/ REMARKS SCHWENGEL
He, along with others, was able to get a plank in the 1964 Republican
platform endorsing tax credits for the expenses of a college education.
As
a former teacher, Fred Schwengel understands young people. Born and
raised on a farm, Fred knows the problems of agriculture. If Fred Schwengel
were in Congress today, you would see him doing everything in his power to
convince Orville Freeman that he should be secretary FOR agriculture and
GERALD R. FORD not RARI
secretary AGAINST agriculture. We NEW have a sorry situationi in Washington
a secretary of agriculture who applauds falling farm prices--and the present First
District congre ssman has said nothing which would [MORE]
4/ REMARKS
SCHWENGEL
indicate he disagrees with him. Farmers need Fred Schwengel in Congress to
see that a fair and adequate farm program is enacted. Fred has constantly
called for a farm program that deals with the economics of the farm question
and not the politics of it. You can help him achieve that goal by sending
him back to Congress.
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BERALD R.FORD
5/ REMARKS SCHWENGEL
Fred's managed record has been long and distinguished. You need him
in Congre $S. The country needs him in Congress. The Republican Party needs
him in Congress.
I can't elect Fred Schwengel, but you can. This campaign will be long
and hard. All I ask of you is that you fight the good fight and send Fred
back to us.
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FORD is LIBRARY GERALD
NEWS
CONGRESSMAN
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M.,
SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1966
SPEECH EXCERPTS--REPUBLICAN FUND-RAISING DINNER, MT. PLEASANT, IOWA.
Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman is a very confused man. That is
the only conclusion you can come to when you consider some of the statements he
has made recently. But you must remember, too, that his boss is Lyndon B. Johnson.
It was just a few days ago that Secretary Freeman called a press conference
in Washington to warn that food prices will go higher unless the farmer gets a
fair shake on the price of his products. He said farm prices must be fair or
farmers will leave the farm. This, he said, will threaten the food supply.
This is the same Mr. Freeman who recently made the farmer the whipping boy
of inflation and told newsmen he was "pleased to report" that farm prices were
falling. Confusing, isn't it? Which Mr. Freeman should we believe?
You would think it was a different man talking if you weren't familiar with
the devious tactics of the Johnson-Freeman Administration, the attempts to be all
things to all men. But I think you're "on" to these fellows by this time.
Mr. Freeman said he was "pleased to report" that farm prices were dropping
from "cyclical highs which have accounted for most of the consumer food increases."
It was only after the Johnson-Freeman Administration had succeeded in driving
down farm prices that Mr. Freeman began wailing that farmers are quitting the farm
because of economic pressures. He ought to know; he has contributed to some of
those pressures.
It was the Johnson-Freeman Administration which cost grain farmers millions
of dollars in lost income by dumping Commodity Credit Corporation grain on the
market.
It was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that halted all purchases of pork
by the military and later rescinded the order because of howls of outrage from
farm congressmen.
It was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that tried to chop back school lunch
and school milk appropriations.
It was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that refueed to hold nationwide
hearings aimed at permanently increasing Class I milk differentials in federal
milk markets.
* *
(MORE)
-2-
SPEECH EXCERPTS--FARM
Is the Johnson-Freeman Administration the friend of the farmer? I'm sure
you're aware that the Johnson-Freeman Administration has taken a number of actions
aimed at depressing farm prices. These actions were taken under the guise of a
war on inflation. Unfortunately, the American farmer became the first casualty.
***
The Johnson-Freeman Administration rode to power in the farm states in 1964
with promises of "parity of income" and "90 per cent of parity price supports."
What is the latest parity ratio? For May it was only 79.
***
It is the Johnson-Freeman Administration's inflationary policies that are the
push behind the steady rise in the cost-of-living--not today's farm prices.
It is excessive Johnson-Freeman Administration spending that is fanning the
flames of inflation, and inflation is stealing four three to five dollars out of
every hundred an American earns this year.
The farmer is the victim of inflation, along with other consumers--not the
villain the Johnson-Freeman Administration would make him out to be.
The truth is that farm prices today are 6 per cent lower than in the Korean
War year of 1952, but food prices have gone up 16 per cent since then.
During the same period, farm costs have gone up 15 per cent.
What does this all add up to? It means that farmers are caught in a vicious
cost-price squeeze that leaves them on the short end while the Johnson-Freeman
Administration's policies generate mounting inflation.
It means the Johnson-Freeman Administration has blamed farmers for high food
prices despite the fact that farmers are not getting their fair share of the food
dollar. Official federal government figures show that prices received by the
farmer account for only 39 per cent of the grocery store price tag for foodstuffs.
The other 61 per cent is added after the food leaves the farm.
How can we change this? I'll tell you how--by electing a strong Republican
Congress in 1966. Farmers will have an opportunity in November to vote for a
party that aims to make sure the farmer shares adequately in the nation's
prosperity--the Republican Party. Farmers will have an opportunity to reject the
Democratic Party, which has proved itself long on farm promises but short on
performance. And I'm sure that's just what they'll do.
###
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M.
SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1966
SPEECH EXCERPTS--REPUBLICAN FUND-RAISING DINNER, MT. PLEASANT, IOWA.
Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman is a very confused man. That is
the only conclusion you can come to when you consider some of the statements he
has made recently. But you must remember, too, that his boss is Lyndon B. Johnson.
It was just a few days ago that Secretary Freeman called a press conference
in Washington to warn that food prices will go higher unless the farmer gets a
fair shake on the price of his products. He said farm prices must be fair or
farmers will leave the farm. This, he said, will threaten the food supply.
This is the same Mr. Freeman who recently made the farmer the whipping boy
of inflation and told newsmen he was "pleased to report that farm prices were
falling. Confusing, isn't it? Which Mr. Freeman should we believe?
You would think at vas a different man talking if you weren't familiar with
the devious tactics of the Johnson-Freeman Administration, the attempts to be all
things to all men. But I think you re "on" to these fellows by this time.
Mr. Freeman said he was "pleased to report" that farm prices were dropping
from "cyclical highs which have accounted for most of the consumer food increases."
It was only after the Johnson-Freeman Administration had succeeded in driving
down farm prices that Mr. Freeman began wailing that farmers are quitting the farm
because of economic pressures. He ought to know; he has contributed to some of
those pressures.
It was the Johnson-Freeman Administration which cost grain farmers millions
of dollars in lost income by dumping Commodity Credit Corporation grain on the
market.
It was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that halted all purchases of pork
by the military and later rescinded the order because of howls of outrage from
farm congressmen.
It was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that tried to chop back school lunch
and school milk appropriations.
It was the Johnson-Freeman Administration that refused to hold nationwide
hearings aimed at permanently increasing Class I milk differentials in federal
milk markets.
***
GERALD
LIBRARY
(MORE)
-2-
SPEECH EXCERPTS--FARM
Is the Johnson-Freeman Administration the friend of the farmer? I'm sure
you're aware that the Johnson-Freeman Administration has taken a number of actions
aimed at depressing farm prices. These actions were taken under the guise of a
war on inflation. Unfortunately, the American farmer became the first casualty.
***.
The Johnson-Freeman Administration rode to power in the farm states in 1964
with promises of "parity of income" and "90 per cent of parity price supports."
What is the latest parity ratio? For May it was only 79.
***
It is the Johnson-Freeman Administration's inflationary policies that are the
push behind the steady rise in the cost-of-living--not today's farm prices.
It is excessive Johnson-Freeman Administration spending that is fanning the
flames of inflation, and inflation is stealing three to five dollars out of
every hundred. an American earns this year.
The farmer is the victim of inflation, along with other consumers--not the
villain the Johnson-Freeman Administration would make him out to be.
The truth is that farm prices today are 6 per cent lower than in the Korean
War year of 1952, but food prices have gone up 16 per cent since then.
During the same period, farm costs have gone up 15 per cent.
What does this all add up to? It means that farmers are caught in a vicious
cost-price squeeze that leaves them on the short end while the Johnson-Freeman
Administration's policies generate mounting inflation.
It means the Johnson-Freeman Administration has blamed farmers for high food
prices despite the fact that farmers are not getting their fair share of the food
dollar. Official federal government figures show that prices received by the
farmer account for only 39 per cent of the grocery store price tag for foodstuffs.
The other 61 per cent is added after the food leaves the farm.
How can we change this? I'll tell you how--by electing a strong Republican
Congress in 1966. Farmers will have an opportunity in November to vote for a
party that aims to make sure the farmer shares adequately in the nation's
prosperity--the Republican Party. Farmers will have an opportunity to reject the
Democratic Party, which has proved itself long on farm promises but short on
performance. And I'm sure that's just what they'll do.
###