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Ford Press Releases, January - April 1966: 12130682

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This file from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library holds press releases and statements that House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford issued between January and April 1966. Most cover Vietnam policy, the war on poverty, inflation, foreign aid, the federal budget and changes in his press staff. An April 21, 1966 statement says the Air Force told Ford it would contract a university with no close Air Force ties to have scientists study unexplained UFO sightings and make the report public. According to Ford, his call for congressional hearings led to this study.

  • p. 21 …The Administration to date has failed to halt the steady rise in the prices of many…
  • p. 33 …It is an added reason why Congress should cut spending as a move to halt inflation…
  • p. 36 …cool off the economy and try to halt inflation, President Johnson is setting an example by…
  • p. 45 …to sharpen our pencils and help him halt inflation. Well, I have sharpened my pencil on…
  • p. 55 …It also is proof that the jawbone technique the President is using to try to halt…
The original documents are located in Box D4, folder “Ford Press Releases, January - April
1966” of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. 55 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.