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This file from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library holds press releases and statements that House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford issued between January and April 1966. Most cover Vietnam policy, the war on poverty, inflation, foreign aid, the federal budget and changes in his press staff. An April 21, 1966 statement says the Air Force told Ford it would contract a university with no close Air Force ties to have scientists study unexplained UFO sightings and make the report public. According to Ford, his call for congressional hearings led to this study.
March 21, 1966 FOR MONDAY P.M. RELEASE STATEMENT BY HOUSE MINORITY LEADER GERALD R. FORD, R-MICH. I like Detroit Mayor Jerome P. Gavanagh because he is a Democrat who apparently doesn't mind helping the Republican Party. He is befriending the GOP--whether or not that is his intention--by fighting Soapy Williams for the Michigan Democratic Senate nomination. He and Soapy will be chopping each other up in the August primary, and that will tmprove chances for the Republican candidate to win in November. Not only will Democratic ranks be bitterly divided by the Cavanagh- Williams race, but it's obvious that all campaign contributions spent to influence the outcome of that struggle will be lost to the Democratic Party in the general election drive. All of this promises a Republican victory in the Michigan Senate contest this fall, whether Cavanagh or Williams is the Democratic nominee • • I'm sure the voters of Miciigan will recognize Cavanagh for what he is-- one of the biggest of the big spenders, a man who as Detroit's mayor keeps begging for more and more federal funds and keeps complaining Detroit isn't getting enough. At the same t~e, he is collecting Cavanagh's income tax-- ' one per cent from the pay of every Detroit wage earner and of every suburbanite who works in Detroit. Williams is 55; Cavanagh is 37. Cavanagh himself has tagged Williams as a tired old political warhorse who is back in the starting gate after not having stood election for eight years. When Williams left the Michigan governorship, the state was bankrupt. Now he wants to pull the same sort of stuff in the U. S. Senate. That's the choice offered Michigan voters by the Cavanagh-Williams primary contest--a choice between a young spender and an old one. I# I
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