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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During this past session of Congress, I supported legislation which would make it a federal crime to travel in interstate commerce or to use any of the facilities of interstate commerce with the intent of inciting to riot or other forms of violence. This is one good step in the right direction. I also voted to create a National Commission on Criminal Laws. This Commission would have the task of making a comprehensive study of all our federal criminal laws including decisions of the courts on criminal procedure. This must be done if we are to find ways of giving our law enforcement officers the tools they need to protect all of us. New laws may help; but if we are to meet the problem of crime and lawlessness, we must recognize that a citizen's first duty is to uphold the law, and that "the first duty of government is to enforce the law." I am asking for your support for reelection to the Congress so that I may continue my efforts in your behalf. We want a government where there is just enforcement of the law and a determined effort to protect the rights and best interests of every citizen. ANNOUNCER: Vote on November 8. Vote Republican. Vote for Congressman Jerry Ford. REWALLE FORD AUTOMOBILE
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.