Documents / Official release
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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1-MINUTE TV SIMULCAST ANCIER NELSEN CAMPAIGN ENDORSEMENT, HOUSE TV STUDIO 1:30 pm. Friday, Aug. 2, 1966 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, the Hon. Gerald R. Ford: fortunate to have Ancher Nelsen as your Congressman. A recognized farm expert who headed the REA during the Eisenhower Administration, Ancher is an effective and respected voice for rural America in Congress. He is ranking Republican on the House District Committee, a position of great responsibility. On the House Commerce Committee, Ancher handled many key pieces of legislation affecting the health, transportation and business conditions of our country. Ancher has led the Congressional committee to keep politics out of our civil service merit system. Ancher's responsible, common sense approach to questions of public policy deeply associated by all who are qualified to sound, two-party government. Ancher working for you. He reed him in Congress. This political broadcast paid by the Ancher Nelsen Volunteer Committee. GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY
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.