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This file from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, digitized by the Internet Archive, holds Congressman Gerald R. Ford's Fifth District weekly radio scripts from January to June 1966, plus several National Republican Congressional Committee scripts. They deal with President Johnson's budget, inflation, four-year House terms, electoral college reform, foreign aid, the Vietnam War, rent subsidies and Memorial Day. The extracted text does not discuss UFOs.

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“The Times”36 pages

  • p. 2 …At the sane time, I believe in setting priorities at home without sacrificing the proven needs…
  • p. 4 …aaa&s the first time by radio since the second session of the 89th Congress opened…
  • p. 6 …But the President ignores it. It is interesting to note that only six times in our…
  • p. 10 …from the Nation's Capital• Thanks for listening. Tune in next week, same time, same atation…
  • p. 12 …time that we insisted on a showdown--that we demanded ~hot the nations of the free…
  • p. 14 …time that we insisted on a showdown--that we demanded that the nations of the free…
  • p. 15 …discuss with you one of the ••••.._political gimmicks of our time. •• a J: a d t…
  • p. 17 …the deep division with the party of the Johnson-Humphrey Administration at this crucial time in…
  • p. 18 …at a time when national unity is so desperately needed. America and the world await decisive…
  • p. 21 …I think it is high time that the President clear the air over the Vietnam controversy…
  • p. 23 …economy and liberty or profusion and servitude." Unquote. ''But times have changed" is the excuse the…
  • p. 27 …This is one time when 1 am delighted to support an Administration proposal. The President has…
  • p. 29 ... . -3- RADIO TAPE - MARCH 23, 1966 But the basic idea of the proposed law is excellent…
  • p. 32 …But there is interest all over the country, and everyone but the wielder of the aforementioned…
  • p. 34 . ... -3- RADIO TAPE FOR FIFTH DISTRICT STATIONS describing Michigan pictures of an alleged UFO as "the…
  • p. 35 …It is high time for the President to cut out the glowing promises and get down…
  • p. 39 -3- RADIO TAPE - APRIL 6, 1966 Subsidies program and $10 million for the federal government to…
  • p. 40 …this time becauo;e I do not believe that's the answer to the inflation that…
  • p. 41 …In closing, I would ltke to return to the somewhat time-worn phrase "guns and butter…
  • p. 43 …and more men to Vietnano At the same time we must persevere in our effort to…
  • p. 44 …it now--it's high time we faced up to the economic facts of life in…
  • p. 46 …The Johnson-Humphrey Administration has mortgaged your future and that of the Nation with a host…
  • p. 47 …the load of a single ship and air transpo:..... tatlon costs five or six times as…
  • p. 48 In all, the United States has dropped to 12th place among the world's shipbuilding nations…
  • p. 49 …Inevitably, whenever a member of the minority party criticizes those in power, the question that comes…
  • p. 51 .. -3- 5TH DISTRICT RADIO TAPE The Administration has not waged peace in South Vietnam as effectively…
  • p. 52 …The Post Office Deportment refused to disclose the names of hundreds of part-time employees it…
  • p. 53 …It has led The New York Times to editorialize--and I quote-- 11The credibility of the…
  • p. 54 …But at the same time, the American people wish desperately that i~ would be possible to…
  • p. 56 …I'll be back next week at the same time. Ill
  • p. 58 …at a time when it is spending a billion dollars a month on the Vietnam War?
  • p. 59 • • -3- 5TH DISTRICT RADIO TAPE - MAY 18, 1966 The U. s. House of Representatives recently voted…
  • p. 60 …and the casualty list grows longer every day. This is a sad and anxious time for…
  • p. 61 …times as large as ours, but because we are in Vietn.. simply to help the South…
  • p. 63 …Under the rules of the Federal Communications Commission, equal time must be given to all candidates…
  • p. 64 …The Administration must have foreseen that this would be necessary --but said nothing, wasting valuable time…
The original documents are located in Box D35, folder “Fifth District Weekly Radio
Reports, 1966” of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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