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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 SCRIPT FOR FIFTH DISTRICT STATIONS - TO BE TAPED MAY 18, 1966 My friends of the fifth district, this is your congressman, Jerry Ford, speaking to you from the nation's capital. It may never have occurred to you how extremely difficult it is for the Loyal Opposition in this country to get its views on the issues of the day across to the American people. One issue which I do not believe has been adequately explained to the public is that of rent subsidies--the new Great Society program which will have the taxpayers paying a big chunk of the rent of other families. This program is highly controversial, so much so that it is barely squeaking through the lopsided Democratic-controlled Congress. Congress in shaky fashion has made money available to launch the rent subsidy program between now and July 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year. Funds to carry it forward beyond July 1 have been approved by the House; the Senate still must act. I firmly believe that despite the great public relations machine the White House has at its disposal, most of the American poeple are opposed to this revolutionary new idea of rent subsidies. I think more of the people would be opposed to rent subsidies and would act to choke off the program in the United States Senate if they truly understood what it means. Rent subsidies mtlm that.a low--income family could rent a new or rehabilitated apartment and pay just 25 per cent of its income toward the rent. would pay the rest. (MORE)
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