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This file from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, digitized by the Internet Archive, holds Congressman Gerald R. Ford's Fifth District weekly radio scripts from January to June 1966, plus several National Republican Congressional Committee scripts. They deal with President Johnson's budget, inflation, four-year House terms, electoral college reform, foreign aid, the Vietnam War, rent subsidies and Memorial Day. The extracted text does not discuss UFOs.
..... radio 5th District week Feb 7 page a Not until the 1966 State of the Union message was there full, official Presidential indication tba~S~Iapn blood in Viet Nam could well last----in Mr. Johnson ' s words-- "for years." Congressional leader,}ere invited to meet with tba President erior to his decision to resume bombing of North Viet Nam. However, there was ~ the same degree of communication when the President decided to order an extended pause in such bombings. As Senator "Dmdenberg said upon another occasion• •• "we 111 stand by you on the crash landings but would like to be consulted at the take-off." As ~ the President' s recent trip to HaNaii for a meeting with South Vietnamese leaders ••• I hope this conference will lead to a prompt, honorable and lasting ~~ peaee-all other Administration effortsAhaving failed. This is your Congressman Jerr,y Ford reporting to you from the Nation's Capital• Thanks for listening. Tune in next week, same time, same atation, for another report from Washington. II II II
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