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Ford Broadcasts, 1965-1966: 12237637

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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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  • p. 65 …Here are two distinguished members of Congress--United States Senator Robert P. Griffin and Rep. Gerald…
  • p. 69 …Credit to NBC's MEET THE PRESS will be appreciated. # MEET THE PRESS MR. RASH: Our…
  • p. 73 …If we were to do so, bodies like the United Nations would have ceased existing long…
  • p. 83 …Credit to NBC's MEET THE PRESS will be appreciated. # MEET THE PRESS MR. SPIVAK: Our…
  • p. 87 …Madam Gandhi, you said in your National Press Club speech the other day that you would…
He is so right. You do have to worry about inflation. And it is his administration which is primarily responsible for bringing on inflation and failing to stop it.

As Republican leader in the House of Representatives, I led a fight to cut the President's non-military budget by 5 per cent this year. We had the support of nearly all the Republican congressmen, but only one out of five of the Democrats cooperated. Since Democrats in the Congress outnumber the Republicans more than two to one, it's easy to see why we couldn't win--why you couldn't win--on any economy votes.

You want to stop inflation? It can be done. Elect to public office men and women who not only talk about the danger of inflation but do something about it-men and women who will vote against unnecessary spending, who will insist on a balanced budget and sound money.

ANNOUNCER: Had enough of higher prices? Vote Republican, and return Jerry Ford to Congress.

CAMERON R. FOND MEMORIAL

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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.