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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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could well have been called the Kennedy-Griffin Act. (MN TO L-6 POSTER NO. 1) In fact, it was Jack Kennedy who steard it through the Senate. Lyndon Johnson, who then was the Senate Democratic Leader, voted for it. So did Gun. Phil Hart and the late Sen. Pat McHenry, who had been a union official. (MN TO L-6 POSTER NO. 2) The Landrum-Griffin Bill passed the House 352 to 32. The Senate approved it 95 to 2. (CAMERA OF POST) Bob, I find it really ridiculous that even labor leaders are trying to make you out as anti-labor for co-authoring a bill that was supported by the late President Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and all but two Democrats in the Senate. Jerry, I feel sure that the people of Michigan won't supplain charges like that so long as they become aware of the facts. I think it's significant that former Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg said no honest Labor leader could look upon the Landrun-Griffin act as anything more than a window code of ethics. recently said in a newspaper interview that the Landrum-Griffin Act is "one of the most constructive" pieces of labor legislation "in years." That's a direct quote. Mr. Reynolds also said "an image of the (Landrum-Griffin) Act has developed which I think is grossly unfair." There's a key word in what Mr. Reynolds said and that word is "image." That's right, Jerry. Certain labor officials have tried to point the Landrum-Griffin Act in civil affairs. They hope this will sub off on us. The truth is that the Landrum-Griffin Act is in the public interest. It's also in the interest of the bank-net-Mile union workers.
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.