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The original documents are located in Box D26, folder "Republican Dinner for William S.
Abbott, Prospective GOP Candidate for Congress, 7th District, Boston, MA, April 21,
1969" of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box D26 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 RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. MONDAY--
April 21, 1969
Excerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican Leader, U.S.
House of Representatives, at a Republican Dinner for William S. Abbott, prospective
GOP candidate for Congress in the 7th District of Mass., Apr. 21, 1969 at Boston,
Mass.
If every Republican challenger for a House seat held by a Democrat is as
determined as Bill Abbott, prospects for gaining GOP control of the House in 1970
will have to be rated far better than present arithmetic indicates.
We have in Bill Abbott a most remarkable young man, the kind of man
Republicans in Congress need to help give President Nixon's program a great push
forward a push forward for the good of every man, woman and child in America.
I congratulate Bill Abbott and everyone connected with his 1968 campaign
for the tremendous effort shown at that time, an effort that nearly topped the
victory mark. The fresh enthusiasm and support you are demonstrating here tonight
should put our candidate in the winner's circle in 1970.
You know Bill Abbott's background -- a White House Fellow who went on to
become director of our food and agricultural assistance programs in Asia. You
know of his abilities as an energetic young attorney and of the dynamic drive that
is propelling him toward a seat in Congress.
He reflects the new spirit that we need in this country to keep on building
the Republican Party and to rebuild America in the image of leaders who have kept
faith with God and country.
is
emanating
from
the
White
House,
spirit that is setting the tone of the new Administration under our outstanding
new President, Richard M. Nixon.
What is that spirit? It is a spirit which surrounds Richard Nixon as
President of all the people. It is a spirit which clothes him with the armor of
peacemaker, crusader and reformer.
Nixon the peacemaker is pursuing a carefully calculated strategy to produce
peace in Vietnam.
Nixon the peacemaker is acting to end massive American involvement in the
Vietnam War, practicing military restraint to swing world public opinion behind
the United States as we make plain our sincere devotion to national self-
determination.
(more)
FORD LIBRARY
-2-
Nixon the peacemaker has decided on a restrained response to the North
Korean shooting down of an unarmed American reconnaissance plane in international
air space but the implicit warning in the action taken by the President should
be unmistakably clear even to the criminally irresponsible North Korean leaders.
Nixon the peacemaker has joined in Four-Power Middle East talks which are
showing definite progress.
Under the banner of Richard M. Nixon, we are moving toward peace and a
sound prosperity and toward a responsive and a responsible society.
Nixon the reformer has taken up the sword against a wide range of problems
which continue to plague the American people.
He has personally tackled the thorny problem of tax reform, proposing aid
to low-income families by wiping out income taxes for those at the poverty level
and urging an end to tax escapism.
Nixon the reformer is launching a drive to shackle the mobsters, the
narcotics traffickers and the pornography peddlers.
Nixon the reformer has set out to revamp the Nation's welfare system and end
the cycle of dependency.
Nixon the reformer is determined to reorganize the Post Office Department
and improve mail service for us all.
Nixon the reformer knows that jobs are the foundation of prosperity and so
he has greatly expanded the on-the-job training program directed by the National
Alliance of Businessmen and has proposed a Job Opportunities in the Public Sector
program.
Nixon the crusader has taken up arms against inflation by laying down a
responsible tax policy, holding down Federal spending to achieve a strong Federal
surplus, and proposing an end to the normal investment tax credit as a fuel that
currently is too rich for our dynamic free enterprise system.
Nixon the crusader is blazing a new trail into the jungle of the urban
crisis by proposing special tax credits to enlist industry in a large-scale attack
on this country's most urgent social problems.
Nixon the crusader also is laying the groundwork for percentage sharing of
Federal income tax revenue with the states and local governmental units to give
them more financial muscle to fight their most perplexing ills.
President Nixon needs solid support in Congress to implement this far-
reaching, far-seeing program and build a better America. With a Republican
majority in the Congress, he would be assured of the backing he needs to move
America forward.
# # #
Distribution: 20 capies Mr. Ford only
Office Copy
CONGRESSMAN
NEWS
GERALD R. FORD
HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER
RELEASE
--FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. MONDAY--
April 21, 1969
Excerpts from a Speech by Rep. Gerald R. Ford, R-Mich., Republican Leader, U.S.
House of Representatives, at a Republican Dinner for William S. Abbott, prospective
GOP candidate for Congress in the 7th District of Mass., Apr. 21, 1969 at Boston,
Mass.
If every Republican challenger for a House seat held by a Democrat is as
determined as Bill Abbott, prospects for gaining GOP control of the House in 1970
will have to be rated far better than present arithmetic indicates.
We have in Bill Abbott a most remarkable young man, the kind of man
Republicans in Congress need to help give President Nixon's program a great push
forward a push forward for the good of every man, woman and child in America.
I congratulate Bill Abbott and everyone connected with his 1968 campaign
for the tremendous effort shown at that time, an effort that nearly topped the
victory mark. The fresh enthusiasm and support you are demonstrating here tonight
should put our candidate in the winner's circle in 1970.
You know Bill Abbott's background -- a White House Fellow who went on to
become director of our food and agricultural assistance programs in Asia. You
know of his abilities as an energetic young attorney and of the dynamic drive that
is propelling him toward a seat in Congress.
He reflects the new spirit that we need in this country to keep on building
the Republican Party and to rebuild America in the image of leaders who have kept
faith with God and country.
This is the spirit that even now is emanating from the White House, the
spirit that is setting the tone of the new Administration under our outstanding
new President, Richard M. Nixon.
What is that spirit? It is a spirit which surrounds Richard Nixon as
President of all the people. It is a spirit which clothes him with the armor of
peacemaker, crusader and reformer.
Nixon the peacemaker is pursuing a carefully calculated strategy to produce
peace in Vietnam.
Nixon the peacemaker is acting to end massive American involvement in the
Vietnam War, practicing military restraint to swing world public opinion behind
the United States as we make plain our sincere devotion to national self-
determination.
(more)
GERALD R.FORD LIBRART
-2-
Nixon the peacemaker has decided on a restrained response to the North
Korean shooting down of an unarmed American reconnaissance plane in international
air space -- but the implicit warning in the action taken by the President should
be unmistakably clear even to the criminally irresponsible North Korean leaders.
Nixon the peacemaker has joined in Four-Power Middle East talks which are
showing definite progress.
Under the banner of Richard M. Nixon, we are moving toward peace and a
sound prosperity and toward a responsive and a responsible society.
Nixon the reformer has taken up the sword against a wide range of problems
which continue to plague the American people.
He has personally tackled the thorny problem of tax reform, proposing aid
to low-income families by wiping out income taxes for those at the poverty level
and urging an end to tax escapism.
Nixon the reformer is launching a drive to shackle the mobsters, the
narcotics traffickers and the pornography peddlers.
Nixon the reformer has set out to revamp the Nation's welfare system and end
the cycle of dependency.
Nixon the reformer is determined to reorganize the Post Office Department
and improve mail service for us all.
Nixon the reformer knows that jobs are the foundation of prosperity and so
he has greatly expanded the on-the-job training program directed by the National
Alliance of Businessmen and has proposed a Job Opportunities in the Public Sector
program.
Nixon the crusader has taken up arms against inflation by laying down a
responsible tax policy, holding down Federal spending to achieve a strong Federal
surplus, and proposing an end to the normal investment tax credit as a fuel that
currently is too rich for our dynamic free enterprise system.
Nixon the crusader is blazing a new trail into the jungle of the urban
crisis by proposing special tax credits to enlist industry in a large-scale attack
on this country's most urgent social problems.
Nixon the crusader also is laying the groundwork for percentage sharing of
Federal income tax revenue with the states and local governmental units to give
them more financial muscle to fight their most perplexing ills.
President Nixon needs solid support in Congress to implement this far-
reaching, far-seeing program and build a better America. With a Republican
majority in the Congress, he would be assured of the backing he needs to move
America forward.
# # #