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12/10/76 - Recorded Remarks for the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce Meeting Honoring Congressman F. Edward Hebert
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The original documents are located in Box 42, "12/10/76 - Recorded Remarks for the New
Orleans Chamber of Commerce Meeting Honoring Congressman F. Edward Hebert" of
the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 42 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FILMED MESSAGE FOR NEW ORLEANS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEETING HONOR ING CONGRESSMAN HEBERT
FOR FILMING DECEMBER 10, 1976
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I AM PROUD TO JOIN THE NEW ORLEANS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
AMBASSADOR ARMSTRONG, AND YOUR OTHER DISTINGUISHED
GUESTS IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO A GREAT AMERICAN,
CONGRESSMAN EDDIE HEBERT
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE JOINED OTHERS
IN HONORING EDDIE HEBERT
THE FACT IS, HE HAS BEEN
HONORED MANY TIMES, AND FOR A VERY GOOD REASON -- HE HAS
EARNED THE WARMEST THANKS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
BACK IN 1940, WHEN HE FIRST RAN FOR THE CONGRESS,
EDDIE SAID HE WOULD SERVE ONLY ONE TERM
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NOW THAT HE IS RETIRING AFTER 18 CONSECUTIVE TERMS --
36 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE -- WE CAN ONLY BE
GRATEFUL THAT HE DIDN'T FULFILL THAT PARTICULAR CAMPAIGN
PROMISE
THE CITIZENS OF LOUISIANA ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE COUNTLESS
WAYS IN WHICH HE HAS HELPED MAKE THEIR STATE AN EVEN BETTER
PLACE TO LIVE
ALL AMERICANS ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS STAUNCH
AND SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS ON THEIR BEHALF
IN PARTICULAR,
EDDIE HEBERT HAS STOOD FOR TWO CRUCIAL THINGS -- FISCAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND A STRONG DEFENSE.
HE HAS PLAYED
A KEY ROLE IN MAKING AMERICA THE STRONG AND SECURE NATION
WE ARE TODAY
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WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THE CONGRESS IN 1949, EDDIE,
YOU HAD ALREADY SERVED THERE FOR ALMOST A DECADE.
IN THE
YEARS THAT FOLLOWED WE DEVELOPED A CLOSE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
OF WHICH I AM VERY PROUD
ALTHOUGH WE WORKED ON
DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE AISLE, AND WE HAD SOME DISPUTES NOW
AND THEN, YOU ALWAYS INSPIRED ADMIRATION AND RESPECT
I KNOW OUR WARM FRIENDSHIP WILL CONTINUE FOR MANY YEARS
TO COME
so, EDDIE -- AS PRESIDENT, AS A FORMER COLLEAGUE,
AND AS A FRIEND -- LET ME SAY THIS:
YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT
JOB FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
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I KNOW YOU WILL KEEP RIGHT ON WORKING FOR THEM WITH THE
HIGHEST HONOR AND DISTINCTION
THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU
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