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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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My friends, there is a clear and present danger in America today--too much power concentrated in the hands of one political party. To get good legislation, we need competition in Congress--a greater number of Republicans to challenge the mistaken policies of this Administration. Too many Democrats in Congress means too much federal spending, high prices in the marketplace, skyrocketing interest rates, conditions that lead to recession and unemployment. In the past two years, the lopsided Democrat majorities in the House and Senate have passed too many laws too hastily and with too many loopholes. The Democratic Congress has passed laws with too many rough corners and without assessing current or ultimate costs. The automatic-Democratic Congress last year and in 1966 rubber-stamped too much legislation demanded by the President. America desperately needs an independent, cost-conscious Congress that will represent you, the taxpayer--you, the citizen. More Republicans must be elected November 8 if we are to restore a competitive balance in Congress, break the Democratic stranglehold and protect the proper interests of all Americans. 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.