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This Gerald R. Ford Library folder of Ford Congressional Papers holds material from Ford's broadcasts in 1965 and 1966. It contains correspondence with WJR station manager James H. Quello and drafts of Ford's June 1965 "Your Government" radio report on congressional imbalance, Vietnam and Cuba, along with budget remarks. It also includes Ford's March 25, 1966 on-air statement calling for a congressional investigation of UFO sightings near Ann Arbor, Michigan, a Great Society documentary script and a Meet the Press transcript with Indira Gandhi.
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# MEMORANDUM TO: Honorable Gerald R. Ford FROM: William B. Prendergast SUBJECT: Farm Income The real net farm income in 1965 was 15 per cent above the 1960 level. In 1965 it was $14.1 billion; in 1960, $12.3 billion. The increase is due entirely to increased government payments. Because the number of farmers has decreased, real net income per farm was about one third higher in 1965 than in 1960. For 1966, the Department of Agriculture estimates a $1 billion increase in net farm increase and a $1 billion increase in government payments. income
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 88 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.