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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.
.. 5th Dist. radio message 2/2/66 Our Constitution separates the legislative and executive powerse It sets up a system or ~,~,;!!!t~x checks and balances. We want our Congress "'--"" to exercise independent judgment and protect us from one-party or one-man or~_ rule~ are aJ!IIt to have the four-year tern, at least one-half or the Representatives should be elected every two years. Another major issue is the President' s proposal to alter the present electoral college system. He would simply eliminate electors as such in order to prevent any member of the Electoral College from voting for someone other than the candidate or his political party. 1111i.._ kach state .d . ~etain its electoral votes and the candidate ~ who receives the most popular votes would still get !!! the ~ vote~. - This fact should disturb those who are devoted to the "one-man,one-vote" theor,y. But the President ignores it. It is interesting to note that only six times in our histor.Y did an electoral college member exercise his independence and vote differently than he was pledged. ~ In 14 presidential elections since 1824 the winner received less than 50 / percent of the popular votes and in three instances the victor obtained fewer votes than his 1e ading opponent. If we are to amend the constitutional provision relative to the electoral system, we ought to meet this more serious problem. more
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