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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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“The Times”15 pages

  • p. 2 …that the President 11 has finally named a full-time commander-in-chief" of the big…
  • p. 6 …Free world shipping to the enemw aggressor in North Vietnam "at a time when the United…
  • p. 12 …At the same time, the lack of hospital bed space and other facilities is staggering, Dr…
  • p. 16 …Aa for the union technicians unnecessarily taking up the President's time, we have the word…
  • p. 18 …It's an insult to the intelligence of the P~erican people for Democratic leaders to…
  • p. 22 …virtually impossible to determine the simple interest rate accurately at the time of purchase. This legislation…
  • p. 28 …look at the evidence, not from belittling it." "The time has come for the President or…
  • p. 33 …France just announced it will not pay one penny toward the cost of removing the u…
  • p. 35 …this time, saying his committee does not have jurisdiction over the Air Force. But the late…
  • p. 37 …the possibility that the accelerator will stick when kept at the same level for some time…
  • p. 38 …It's easy to point the finger at the auto manufacturers. It's about time we…
  • p. 41 …Times, News Desk, Racine, Wis. Pictorial News Advertiser, 256 s. Pine street, .Burlington, Wis. The standard…
  • p. 46 …having some merit in normal times but steamrollered through the Blank Check Democratic Congress by lopsided…
  • p. 50 …It was not the first time he has removed the "secret" label when criticism of tbe…
  • p. 52 …The tlew York Times dispatch states that "Air Force officers in Vietnam have repeatedly warned the…
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.