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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.
“The Pentagon”5 pages
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TOTAL STRENGTH: 293 DEMOCRATS VS.. 140 REPUBLICANS (Two seats vacant)
m ECONOMY ~£ill.§. IN!!!§ HOUSE - 1966
DEMOCRATS VOTING
FOR SPENDING MORE
82%
(Average)
88%
93%
75%
76%
79%
83%
Five per cent cut in
Interior Appropriations.
4/6/66
Five per cent cut in
Postal-Treasury Appro-
priations.
4/6/66
$12,000,000 Supplemental
for Rent Subsidies.
3/29/66
$750,000 new authority
for H.H.H. House.
3/22/66
$4,600,000 new authority
for Alaska Centennial.
3/2/66
$9,500,000 new authority
for Florida "Interama'!
2/3/66
!lliQ VOTES ~ HIGHER TAXES?
REPUBLICANS VOTING
FOR CUTS AND SAVING
93%
{Average)
95%
89%
95%
95io
94%
87% 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.