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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.

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  • p. 2 …and produce thousands of casual ties." President Johnson can expect Republican support in his peace efforts…
  • p. 4 …his constituentso" Taking a poke at President Johnson on another issue, Ford predicted Congressional approval of…
  • p. 5 …FORD HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER NEWS RELEASE For release February 9, 1966 WASHINGTON--- President Johnson's whopping…
  • p. 6 …161 1966 "t-TASHINGTON-- President Johnson's hush-hush conduct of the Vietnam ~var and his…
  • p. 8 …FORD HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWS RELEASE Because the Johnson-Humphrey Administration refuses to…
  • p. 13 …of the guy at the top (President Johnson) saying, 'Let's do something about this; and…
  • p. 15 …union engineers to handle pickups of Mr. Johnson's TV and radio broadcasts, GI's are…
  • p. 18 …President Johnson recently stated candidly that inflation is "perhaps our most serious economic challenge in 1966…
  • p. 21 …I applaud President Johnson's determination to provide safeguards against tragic accidents which have resulted in…
  • p. 26 …Testimony released Friday showed that subcommittee members were astonished by the Johnson Administration request. Now the…
  • p. 31 …FORD, R-MICHIGAN Acting like the Air Force with flying saucer reports, Johnson Administration economists are…
  • p. 32 …FORD, R-MICHIGAN It is now revealed that President Johnson was the purveyor of misinformation when…
  • p. 34 …Birch Society official in Arkansas that President Johnson was under Communist influence in civil rights matters…
  • p. 36 …addition to his house, Mr. Johnson said: "I asked Mrs. Johnson ••• to defer those two rooms…
  • p. 42 …On critical votes most Democrats have done whatever President Johnson told them to do. They don…
  • p. 44 …President Johnson is in Mexico City today unveiling a statue of Abraham Lincoln, so I suppose…
  • p. 45 -2- FORD STATEMENT - APRIL 14, 1966 are wrecking the Johnson-Humphrey Administration's earnest efforts to…
  • p. 48 …FORD HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER FOR RELEASE ON RECEIPT, APRIL 18 NEWS RELEASE President Johnson is going…
  • p. 49 …President Johnson today asked Congress to give its blessing to a government debt refinancing scheme that…
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.