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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.
Mania 24, 1966 - "'-•..., UP. Glbl.D a. I'OID ON lLOOI. or HOUII M&'. a,..~~era We have be• told 'by the h•id•t of the Uaited Stat.. that it vl.ll not be ae.:..eary to earlfice hia Great Society fl'Oil'_. ill ordu to pay for the IIOUDtla& ~oate of the war ill Vietn•. We have aeeo hie utillat.. ill the fiecal 1967 ludaet aubalaeioa, ad have noted that he would prefu that the C:O.areaa PI'•• 1011e tl'iad ad t ..ted fi'Oil'.... euoh aa the acbool aUk pro• II'• ad lederal aid to laiUI•pat colleau. But uatU r••Uy, 1 ha" aot aeen aay eat:I.Mte of vbat aU the new ad .-,&"owd Gl'eat Society fl'O&I'- are aoua to coat wh• thiJ becoae fullr '-fl...ted ad are all added toaetber. 'l'be firat-rear ~oata of .a1t lederal fl'Oil'... are relatively -u. but tbe)' have a wa1 of ll'owlaa biaau every year, and 1 can badly recall dur1aa ., 18 yeara la•e of oae eVIl' etartiaa to 1hriak. lu the curr•t (Marcia, 1966) ilaue of the rupee ted .....iae, "lead•' 1 Di...t," an article by Mr. Cbarlu Steveoaoa a•iau tbia auioua fl'obl• under the title, ''Wbat hice·-'lhe Great lo&iecyl" The arti~le rlfOI'U that evaa if the war ill Vieta• 11 broupt wader ~oatrol, e.:oooeilta eatiute cou•vattvelr that bJ 197S••juat aille rure aa.ce-·ve wtll have a lederel budaet of arouad $204 billioa ad that welfare•etate progr... will accouot f~ aore thaD half the total _,_dih&'u. 1t aleo aotu that etate ad local ao..,..te wtll be cOIIfelled to filld Mtahlaa funda eo that tbeb co.billed ,,_dtaa wtll 1oar durl.aa thta perio4 froa about $72 bUU.oa ill 1964 to tl79 bUltoa ill 197.5. 1 ~oa.ead thil ell Meriaaa who WODder vby • lepubltcaa are trylaa to hold dow tlae hf.ah coet of ao.._.t duriaa thte Great Society, or Blah loclec.,, •.-•illa •fl'•• UDder leave to ext•d., r__.ka, I *lucie the article bJ Mr. lteveoeoa. '''
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 55 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.