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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.
... ... -... SCRIPT FOR FIFTH DISTRICT RADIO STATIONS, FOR TAPING MAY 25, 1966 My friend s of the fifth c 8 rssl•••l district I til i8Tft, this is your congressman, Jerry Ford, speaking to you from the nation's capital. On May 30, Memorial Day, we will pay special tribute to our honored war dead. This year, Memorial Day finds our ~~ nation still at war. ~lh&u 3,000 ,......._ ~.~::;;::!';;:i;::...,and the casualty list grows longer every day. This is a sad and anxious time for in Vietnam is not in sight. fathers wcut 1se£uze. • It is a strange war that haunts our thoughts as we mark this Memorial Day. It is so very different from the two world wars and even the Korean War. The first World War was fought, we were told, "to save the world for democracy." Americans were fighting for a victory, swift and complete. The Second World War was fought to crush fascism and make possible the four freedoms. Again, Americans were fighting for a victory, speedy and final. The Korean War introduced us to a new kind of war--a war against Communist aggressio~, a war that broke the old mold. But even in Korea there was hope for a kind of victory, a victory that might have been attained had we spelled out our objectives clearly and moved swiftly toward them. On Memorial Day, 1966, the American people are confused. They are (More)
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