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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.
“United Press”7 pages
August 12,1966 OK have them work on script with Paul Honorable Gerald Ford E230 United States Capitol Washington, D.C. Dear Gerry: With respect to my forthcoming campaign, I'd like to ask a favor of you. Would it be possible for you sometime in the near future to do a 45-second television spot in my behalf at the House Recording Studios The cost, of course, would be billed to me. I would like to utilize it as a part of a one-minute spot for use back home in our television and radio advertising and would also appreciate permission to use the text in a news release at the appropriate time. If you can see your way clear to make such a spot, you might wish to have the man in your office who works on these matters with you contact Walt Conahan in my office to make whatever arrangements are required. With thanks for your consideration of this request, and my kindest regards, I am, Cordially yours, IBM: edc Karl E. Mundt, U.S.S. BERALD R. FORD LIBRARY
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 88 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.