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EXCERPTS FROM A SPEECH BY VICE PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD AT A DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, RE.PUBLICAN FUND-RAISING DINNER AT TIIE HILTON HOTEL, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 7:30 P.,M. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1974 (~' ~.·. ·.:
FOR RELEASE AT 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY ,, u The Administration is aware of the concern in the Omaha area
the Nation's beef center --- over the issue of trucking products to interstate
markets.
Any disruption in the regular flow of transportation not only
seriously affects farmers, the meat industry, and related businesses but also exerts an impact on America's consumers. When beef does not move, you
suffer and the consumer suffers.
The Administration has worked day and night to get the trucks rolling again. We think that the problem, a temporary manifestation of the energy crisis, is being worked out for the benefit of all truckers, for your benefit, and for the l?enefit of consumers throughout the country.
We are striving to avoid and minimize the negative effects the energy crisis can cause. Our economy is vulnerable to dislocations. We are dealing with the er is is.
Petroleum needs have surpassed supplies. We cannot turn the clock back to what used to be. But we can move forward to a hopeful future. America will retain its world leadership.
We are taking measures to meet the temporary emergency. The
Administration is aware of hardships and anxieties. We are moving to close the transitional gap.
Efforts range from the realm of international relations --- where we
seek cooperative world energy action and have offered to share technology and resources --- to the iµipact on individual Americans who face loss of employment and rising pr ices.
This Administration has moved forward to create a climate of
world peace --- extricating ourselves from the war in Vietnam, improving
(more) Page 2 relations with Moscow and Peking, and nurturing a peace settiement in the
Middle Ea.st. Our •tock in the world is high. We are seeking to moder ate and conciliate in the strife over oil just as we have in the strife over territory.
The Nation is aware that international security and economic consideration• are inextricably linked. We are cautioning other governments of the consequences of go-it-alone policies in the field of energy. Short-term expediency by individual nations can destroy internationally-related economies and drive friendly nations apart.
Federal administrative machinery is being reorganized to deal more effectively with short and longterm energy requirements. Steps are being taken to speed up approval of sites for energy facilities and to accelerate construction of nuclear power plants. Substantial increases in
Federal leases for exploration and development of offshore resources by private companies ls facilitating increased domestic output of oil and gas.
Wofk is progressing on offshore resources while steps are taken to enable industry to develop our Western oil shale deposits.
These and other measures. including work on such advanced energy potential as nuclear fusion, geothermal, and solar sources. is going forward.
Research and development for Project Independence, which will free us from the threat of blackmail by any foreign nation by 1980, will produce vast new industrial activity and millions of new jobs.
America is not finished. Our lifestyle is changing and we are going through growing pains. We will transcend the transitional torment that is causing suffering to too many of our citizens.
There ls no ground for a psychological complex of defeat. We have run short of gasoline. But we have not run short of American initiative.
Or American seU-confidence. Or American courage. Or American know-how.
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R. L. "Dick" Herman Member for Nebraska Executive Committee Republican National Committee Post Office Box 189 Omaha, Nebraska 68101 (402) 346-8092
S~OL Park Elementary School
TEACHER: Mrs. Marjorie Spicka (Class of '22. Combination of 4th & 5th graders. A great solid teacher, 50 years of age. )
PRINCIPAL: Mr. Robert Womacque
SCHOOL IS DISMISSED AT 3:10 PM.
SUMMARY OF REMARKS BY WOW RADIO, LEN ZI-CHECK,
ATTACHED, AS WELL AS NEWS CLIPPINGS. -WO-W RADIO
3501 FARNAM STREET OMAHA, NEBRASKA 6813 1 402/346.3400
February 15, 1974
The kidsx were juS; great and Mrs. Spicka ttsuper'• •••• and they did the
cleaning of the lot on their own because as one kid put it: ''Mr. Ford
is real cool!n That's high praise, indeed from an eight year oldl
M0 reover, they'd like to see the Vice President come backo ••• they'd clean "'--" the lot againo •• wouldn't charge, either •••
Dick o•• it made my heart feel good.. That ts middle class America •••
and her kids are just fine, trumkso•• ..
Enclosed •••• two UPI wires stories I filed, along with TV script that
Gary Kerr wrote and telecast Thursday night •••
Len Zi-Check ••••
BROADCASTING DIVISIO"I / MEREDITH CORPORATION WHEN AM TV SYRACUSE • wow AM-TV a KFMX OMAHA • KPHO AM-TV PHOENIX • KCMO AM-TV a KFMU I FM I KANSAS CITY WNt::M TV FLINT-SAGINAW-BAY CITY ,,
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TO A iOO- DOLLAR A PLATE REPUBLICAN PARTY FUND RflISERTOORROW NIGHT.
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SP£CKA ... SAID ... SHE AND OTHERS
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tiRS. SPICKA ASKED FOR \IOLUNEEERS RMONG HER FOURTH AND
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1 ~lOUU •• • BECAUSE I LIKE GETTING GIJT OF SCHOOL. "
AtiOTHER 'iOIJNGSTER SAID .. 1 I LIKE THE VICE PRESIDENT ...
I'VE SEEN HIM ON T-'r WITH PRESIDENT NiXON ... I THINK
THE VICE PRESIDENT IS COOL. 11 ANOTHER STUDENT NOTED THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT WOULD HAYE GONE TO THE PARK SCHOOL IF HE HAD STAYED IN OMAHA.
RNOTHER THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAYE RECEIVED 11 ABOUT 50 CENTSft
FOR HIS C:FrORT ... BIJT ONE OF HIS FRIENDS AD110NISHED .. n I DON'T
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At- a Douglas Collllty,.. Neb.t i' J 7 I I a p· SC '-Republican Furn-Raising Dinner At 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, 1974, at the Milton Hotel, Omaha, Neb. £XC'iaf't>TS
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it' The Administration is aware of the concern in the Omaha area ~ --- the Nation's beef center --- ~ the issue of trucking products
to interstate markets ,
.-.u.,~r-,,,.·c... A-ny disruption in the regular flow of transpor~io+
-~tllll-.tiillllll_mi.. ~ farmers, the meat industry, and related businesses
but also exerts an impact on America's consumers, When beef does .. not
move,you suffer and the consumer suffers.
•The Administration has worked day and night to get the trucks
rolling again. wj. think that the problem, a temporary manifestation
of the energy crisis, is being worked out for the benefit of all truckers,
for your benefit, and for the benefit of consumers throughout the country.
~We are striving to avoid and minimize the negative effects the ' energy crisis canll••• ur economy is vulnerable to
dislocations.
;p 2 1i cd 5 l Saa iU
_..Petroleum needs have surpassed suppliea,• tl 11•n t tis tl.Je
cannot turn the clock back to what used to be. But we can move forward
to a hopeful future . America~&-_~wpf/~ ,.W e~taking •z••IC·Cr:a:n:a::;;::=:lil:t~;;~;:..:.::;;~~easures to meet the
temporary emergency • The Administration is aware of hardslmips..._..- and anxieties. We are moving to close the transitional gap . -2-
.llEf arts range from the realm of international relations we ~i;;;iiijiih){eek cooperative world energy action and have
offered to share technology and resources --- to the impact
- on individual Americans who face loss of employment and
rising prices .
# This Administrati.f!'1 has moved forward~ creat{i;- P-- ~ :aia-..,~•--2-11111011111111•8• climate ol'peace ---- extricating ourselves from
the war in Vietnam, improving relations with Moscow and Peking,
and nurturing a peace settlement in the Middle East. Our stock
in the world is high • We are seeking to moderate and conciliate
in the strife over oil just as we have in the strife over territory.
~he Nation is aware that international security and f!kltJI.. economic considerations are inextricably laM,er wl are
cautioning other4overnments of the consequences of go-it-alone
policies in the field of energy. Short-term expediency by individual ;{a.ti-ans- can destroy internationally-related economies and drive friendlyJ'tions apart •
4'Federal administrative machinery is being reorganized
to deal more effectively with short and longterm energy requirements.
Steps are being taken to speed up approval of sites for energy
facilities and to accelerate construction of nuclear power plants.
Substantial increases in Federal leases for exploration and development•
of offshore resources by private companies is facilitating increased
domestic output of oil and gas . Work is progressing on
offshore resources while steps are taken to enable industry to develop our Western oil shale deposits . I& t urr
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and other measures, including work"¢nced ~ ~I ,j:f-l!"e"eil!,...lh'l'l!!lilllll.... nuclear fusion, geothermal, and sola)1
is going forward . ~ , Re:,J,_ea- rch and development for Project ln~endence, which will free us from the threat of blackmail by any foreign f ation by 1980, will produce vast new industrial activity and
millions of new jobs •
#IAmerica is not finished . Our lifestyle is changing
and we are going through growing pains. We will transcend
the transitional torment that is causing suffering to too many
of our citizens ~he re is no ground for a psychological complex
of defeat •
But we have not run short of ~ American initiative • Or American self&: -confidence. Or American --...... courage. Or American know-how . + WASHINGTON
7 February 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR: ROBERT HARTMANN
FROM: REDCAVANE~
SUBJECT: THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO OMAH-.c\., NEBRASKA Friday, February 15, 1974
Attached at TAB A is the proposed schedule for the Vice President's activities while in Omaha. It is our understanding that each of these events had been previously approved in concept. ,Mr ll Dick Herman §t~e Na*iggal Cgromitteeman, will act as the l~ ~ ~ce President's unofficial host during his stay in Nebraska. ·~ Approve Disapprove ---- GENERAL MEYER MEETING
PRESS CONFERENCE
LUNCHEOI'i.
~very i?fnnnal luncheon for appi:oximately lZO party workers and offieiaL1 will be held · e Hilton No ss era e will be forded ancl all comments are off the re1.:ord. There will be no hea:d table.
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EDITORS REVIEW BOARD
The Vice President will attend an Editors Review Board at the ·§aha World Herald Bu1!dinL: The Nebraska Congressional delegation has indicated they will not participate in this activity. It is suggested that the Vice President begin this meet·
on occasion ma be desirous of spe8:king of e record and that in those instances e will so s a e.
ISSUES AND ANSWERS • The Vice President will yisit KMTV studio and participate in a 30-minute taping that will be aired later at rime time Mr. err or mod tor in ne-on-one situation. Dick Herman related that Mr. Forsberg is a very fair 1n 1v1 ua • In view of some local sensitivities Mr. Herman has re uest that is ta ing e e t rivate and not mentioned when discussing e Vice President's itinerary in Nebraska. e has a so requested..,. that if the Press Secretary receives any inquiries from other TV stations in Omalia that they be referred to Mr. Herman. -
PRESS CLUB GREETER
~· Herman has asked that on return to the Hilton, the Vice }I President briefly tour the Omaha press club adjacent to the Hilton. <::RECEPTI~~~...... ~
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.At:ti.re for all of the events is business suit.
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION
For most of the activities cited. the Vice President will be accompanied by the foUOW'lDi members of.the Nebra&ka Congressional delegation: -
B.m:nan L. Hruska Carl T. Curtis Dave Ma.rtin Charles Thone • John Y. Mc Collister
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