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The original documents are located in Box 37, "8/20/76 - Remarks on Visit to Russell,
Kansas" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
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August 19, 1976
TALKING POINTS FOR VISIT TO RUSSELL, KANSAS
Cattleat
Oil
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
It's a great pleasure to be here in the hometown of the next Vice President
of the United States.
When I asked Bob Dole to join me on the ticket for November he
expressed
great pleasure. But he also made it clear that he had one personal favor
to ask -- that I should come with him to Russell, Kansas.
It wasn't hard to decide.
I remembered how another famous man from Kansas, Dwight Eisenhower, used
to say that he came "from the heart of America." The heart of America is
still strong today because of men like Bob Dole.
I also knew how much Russell, Kansas has come to mean in Bob's life. This
is the home that has nurtured him and given him the strength to be a great
soldier and a great senator; you are the people who have shaped his life
and his principles.
So I accepted his invitation with pleasure, and I am delighted to be here
today.
I might add that I feel especially happy to be here because you and I share
the same high opinion of Bob Dole.
Digitized from Box 37 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
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You saw his enormous potential several years ago when you elected him
your county attorney.
Then you sent him to the Kansas state legislature, and then to the United
States Congress from Kansas' Big First district.
Anybody who has to cover 45 or 50 counties every two years to get elected
knows the kind of hard campaigning we intend to wage against the Democrats
this fall--and Bob Dole is just the man to do it.
He's been an outstanding member of the United States Senate for the past
eight years. As ranking Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee,
he is one of the foremost experts on farm policy in this country.
He has disagreed with me when he thought I was wrong, supported me when
he thought I was right, but he has always stood up first of all for the
farmer and the people of Kansas.
With Bob Dole's nomination, I am sending a clear signal to every farmer
in America. I want your help, I want your support, I want you on the
Ford-Dole team.
As I said last night in Kansas City, we will carry out a farm policy which
assures a fair price for the farmer, encourages full production, leads to
record exports, and eases the hunger within the human family.
3
We will never use the bounty of America's farmers as a pawn in international
diplomacy. No more embargoes! Bob Dole and I will see to that.
We will tell the American farmer that the Republican Party has a record on
agriculture they can support with enthusiasm.
Farm income is up. Exports are up. Sixty million new acres have gone into
production over the last three years.
I remember how President Eisenhower used to say that no one could plow a
very straight line sitting behind a pointy-headed pencil in an office back
in Washington. I agree with him. Bob Dole agrees with him. And we intend
to turn our vision of the future into hard reality.
I
Our campaign will appeal not just to farmers, but to all Americans--
Republicans, independents, and as many Democrats as we can get.
We will go to the American people with a message of hope, a message of
confidence, a message of good performance over the past two years.
We have cut inflation in half. More Americans are on the job now than at
any time in the history of this country. America is a strong Nation at
peace--and Bob Dole and I intend to keep it that way.
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We have a few more speeches planned between now and November 2, so I
won't try to say everything here.
The one thing I do want to say, and say very emphatically, is this: I
thank the people of Russell, Kansas, for giving America Robert Dole, and
we won't let you down in the next four years.
Thank you very much.