Fifth District Weekly Radio Reports, 1966 — Page 26519

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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. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The Council donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives

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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. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The Council donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. 5th District radio tape Jan. 26, 1966 ill; I ""'* Translating the complicated budget into simple terme ••••• it would :mean Americans will pay more for everything. Under the spending program contempli*ed by the White House, the cost of living would increase two percent. In its decisions on the budget• Congress must consider the impact of the sharp increase in Federal spending on the economf in which inflationar,y pressures are alread;y strong. If the White House will not tackle the problem of higher living costs by restraining federal spending, the Congress must. I believe Congress must support all necessary funds for nationals ecurity. At the sane time, I believe in setting priorities at home without sacrificing the proven needs of theAmerican people •••• all the people. During the coming weeks, I will have other reports on the federal budget, which should have the strong attention of all Americans. Thank you for listening. This is your Congressman, Jerry Ford, speaking with you from Washington. II # II .. .... Digitized from Box D35 of the Ford Congressional Papers: Press Secretary and Speech File at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library I find it hard to understand how the national government can ask business and labor to avoid price and wage increases, which are measured in terms of millions of dollars, when it is increasing non-defense spending by many billions of dollars. ~ regret that the President did not see fit to indicate in his -~ budget any ._..system of priority to >J' t Congress in reducing the less essential and less urgent items of expenditures. .. . .. .. Fifth District Radio Talk (tor taping WEmESDAY 1 JANUARY 26 1 1966) • • ~ .......... • •-"' '"' n -. -"' •. This is your Congressman Jerry Ford reporting to you from Washington tor ' M seal ez F=xaB811bj D iaa:its~aaa&s the first time by radio since the second session of the 89th Congress opened. Thanks to the splendid cooperation of GpaQ 1 aapids radio ~~~""~ ~ stations in broadcasting these messages as a public service, I can keep 4 you informed on major happenings in the Congress. A most important topic of conversation is the tll2.8 billion-dollar-budget President Johnson sent to the Congress the past week 9 The financial document should receive careful and critical scrutiny by the :At i • 0 i I 6 ft" Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate ••• and by the entire Congress. ~..- Th~ complicated budget sought by the President calls for a sharp increase in military spending, a substantial expansion ot tederallelfare programs, and a $6.2 billion tax plan to help p~ the cost. The President expressed hope that the record budget will produce sharp $£~ domestic growth without inflation. He pledged to ~ what he called "appropriate" fiscal measures---presumably higher taxes and a hold-Kawn ot domestic spending-1t as he said "unforeseen inflationary pressures develop." Fifth District Radio Message (for taping Feb. 2, 1966) This is your Congressman Jerr.y Ford reporting to you from the Nation's Capitol. There is much comment here and I'm cer:ain elsewhere about the J .) President' s recommendation that the term of a Representative in Congress be extended from two to four years. - Most of the arguments ••r-in favor of the idea stress the convenience - it would provide legislators and their families. Some say the longer term would reduce the energy and money spent in campaigning every other year. Others argue that a Representative would become more of an expert in legislative affairs by serving a four-year term. However, I believe in more solid considerations. I prefer the two-year term to keep the Congressman close to those who elect him· and to all those he represents. Every two years is not too often .for a Congressman to put his record on the line and seek the endorsemant of the electorate. It seems to me that a two-year term gives the people an important oppolbmity to have a ~ $h"'f~~ lJfre ditex)\voicJI in government. Mr. Johnson's suggestion that all Congressmen be elected with the Presiden_t /c'or,o /r...' (/ _l~ ($' and serve during ~ four-year term is receiving less sup…

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