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' FOREWORD

On Monday night, January 17, 1966, the Re­ publican Minority Leaders in the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives - Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois and Congressman Gerald Ford of Michigan - delivered a Republican message on the State of the Union. The message, entitled "The State of the Union - A Republican Appraisal," was delivered at the U. S. capitol in the historic chamber formerly occupied by the Supreme Court before Republi­ can members of Congress and their wives and other Party leaders. The program, televised and broadcast nation­ International Affairs ally, was the first of its kind by the leaders of a By Senator Everett M. Dirksen minority party. It was sponsored jointly by the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, Re­ Fellow Citizens: publican Congressional Campaign Committee, and the Republican National Committee. I am Senator Dirksen of Illinois, Republican Floor Leader in the United States Senate. With The remarks of Senator Dirksen on inter­ me on this program will be Congressman Ford national affairs and by Congressman Ford on of Michigan, Republican Floor Leader in the domestic policies are published in this pamphlet. United States House of Representatives. Each of us will have about 14 minutes to discuss the State of The Union. That is a short time for a gigantic task. The President has a mandate under the Consti- tution to give to the Congress information of the We hoped that if we supplied the tools, other State of the Union, together with his recommen­ nations would supply the men on Freedom's fron­ dations. tier. We fulfilled our pledges. They did so only We have no such mandate. We do believe in part and too often with ill grace. we have a duty as elected Representatives Where needed, we supplied manpower also. to present our views. Time will permit only The first feeble cries of "Yanki, go home" a few basic highlights. have become a chorus. Our prestige on the We are the legatees of a great, strong land. We world thermometer of good will has received it from those who were here before us. dropped fast and far. Our billions have gained little respect, and even less appre­ ciation. Every continent has its fevers and Reason and Realism turmoil. Two things are needed. The first is a care· The state of our land is too often measured in ful, precise audit to see where our fleeting material terms - jobs, income, gross product, dollars went and what they really accom· services and goods. Actually it embraces much plished. The second is a sustained and more. It includes the national mood, our capacity expert scrutiny of every estimate for for­ to live together, and our prestige. It includes our eign aid to determine how the aid requested leadership of the Free World, our relations with will be used and whether there will be divi· other lands, our respect for law, our devotion to dends in the form of good will and real peace, and our willingness to sacrifice even as devotion to peace and freedom. To accept others have done before us. It includes reason and less would be an injustice to the charity realism in a world of tumult and confusion. and sacrificial spirit of the American We are not only in this world but of it, and people. we shall be for ages to come. The Horsemen of Despair Our Relations With Other Countries C onsider now the horsemen of despair who ride Consider then our ties and relations with other over the world - the population explosion, hun­ lands. Twenty-one years ago, we pioneered the ger, and poverty. They constitute a crisis already United Nations. Since then, we have developed on our doorstep. We pay farmers to produce less. regional groups throughout the world for specific Industry forever seeks ways to produce more at purposes. We believed it would aid the cause of less cost. Meanwhile, births continue to grow and peace and tranquility and freedom. hunger stalks many areas of the world. Each year, the world gains 65 million persons. The number will grow. So will hunger. Can peace and hunger I n pursuit of these high purposes, we spent more ~xist? than $120 billion of your money on foreign aid. Ages ago, Isaiah wrote, "And it shall come Millions Spent To Aid French to pass, that when they shall be hungry, Our country did not sign that accord. But we they shall fret themselves, and curse their had an interest. Hundreds of millions of your King and their God." American agriculture money was spent to aid the French. But it also is geared to high production. Better to pay involved our defense perimeter and our security. for abundance than for scarcity. We pled~ed ourselves to aid Vietnam in preserv­ In a few years, Red China will have 800 million ing her mtegrity and independence. people. Leaders can survive only when the urgent Accordingly we were permitted to keep needs of the people are met. military advisers there. At first it was but The ugly heads of aggression antJ conquest a few hundred. Gradually the number grew vanish when there is no need for new do­ into thousands. Today it approaches mains. Surely, within the genius of Amer­ 200,000. It has become a grim, bloody, and ican enterprise, the way can be found for costly business. the produce of our fruited plains to reach the empty bellies of the world. It is a war but not of our making. Young men with gay hearts go forth to Vietnam and lifeless The signs of trouble are already written in the young men in wooden boxes return. They fought, firmament and there is no time to lose. This too bled, and died in the heat and mud of the jungles. with its vast potential impact on our future in­ All this is 12,000 miles from home. For a long volves the State of the Union. time it seemed remote. But no longer. We became grimly aware that we are fighting a war to help a small land, so many of whose people can neither read nor write. Vietnam Is Not Our War • Consider now the grim struggle in which we are Joint Resolution involved in Asia. Let us be crystal clear. Vietnam Eighteen months ago, Congress enacted a Joint is not our war. But we pledged ourselves to help Resolution, giving support and approval to the a small nation. Our word was given. We are there President as Commander In Chief to take all to keep our word. necessary steps including the use of force to repel For more than 90 years, Cambpdia, Laos and attack on our forces and prevent further aggres­ Indo-China were under French tutelage. The Viet sion. That resolution is still in effect. In both Minh- the north half-rebelled. It was a long, Houses of Congress the vote was 504 to 2. Every bloody struggle. The French were defeated. The Republican present voted for it. conflict ended with an accord signed at Geneva. Laos and Cambodia achieved their independence. But as complications develop and the choice Indo-China was divided in half with a non­ becomes guns or butter or both, groups and indi­ military zone between. viduals become increasingly vocal. Let's get out. We must stay in. We must bomb Hanoi. We must not bomb. We must step up. We must hold back. We must negotiate. We must not negotiate. To retreat and get out would be deemed a confession that we are a paper tiger. What a propaganda weapon that would be in Asia, Africa and elsewhere. To forsake our pledges would shatter confi· dence in us and further diminish our prestige. To negotiate from weakness would mean defeat before we ever reached the negotia· tion table. So what? Is there then a rational course to follow? I believe so. Let the peace efforts con­ tinue. Who can object to any honorable effort to secure peace where young blood is involved? Let the military effort continue. It demonstrates our determination to keep our word. Let it be in­ tensified if necessary as sound military judgment dictates. There is, after all, no substitute for vic­ tory. Let the objective be kept crystal clear at Domestic Issues all times, and that is guaranteed freedom and By Cong. Gerald R. Ford independence for the Vietnamese. How else could we keep faith with the We are assembled tonight in an historic cham­ young dead? ber - a chamber that has echoed the thunderous How else do we redeem our word? debate and vigorous dissent of some of our coun­ How else do we regain our prestige? try's greatest leaders. How else do we maintain our leadership in Daniel Webster here proclaimed the immortal the Free World? words, "Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable." All this is part of the State of the Union. The Torch of Dissent *** As a minority party, it is our task to carry the torch of dissent responsibly and constructively. Curricula must be enriched. Tonight we look forward, not backward. People already working should be given the Our people are restless and impatient with chance to retrain and upgrade their skills and problems too long unsolved and too often earning power. compounded by bad laws and bureaucratic failings. Vocational Rehabilitation for the handicapped must be expanded. The Congress turns in 1966, as in the past, to its part in the always unfinished task of making This cannot, and should not, be done by America united, strong, and free. the Federal government alone. But there is much that the national government can do These goals in their present setting point to promote this effort without the heavy particularly to three types of problems in hand of federal control. domestic policy: how to increase jobs and For example, the Congress should ease the fi- output without inflation; how to move ahead nancial burden of going to college. toward equality for all citizens; and how to The door of education must be opened wide. improve government and its services. Therefore, we propose a federal income tax credit for college students and their Education parents. While there are courses of action that strike at each of these problems, there is a common remedy Compassion With Competence that effects all three: Education. The problem of unemployment is particu· We must liberate the War on Poverty from larly the problem of the young, inexpe· waste, controversy, and the bad odor of political rienced, unskilled person of inadequate bossism. schooling. More and better schooling will We must combine compassion with com· reduce racial tensions and speed the Ne­ petence. This nation can afford what is gro's economic and social progress. necessary to help the less fortunate among Improved education will help to solve the us to help themselves. The children of the problems of government by enlightening poor must have the highest priority. How both the electors and the elected. many of the poor have actually received any of the twenty-three hundred million We believe every youth must be encouraged to taxpayer's dollars from the present War on pursue his education as far as his talents will take Poverty? Tragically, very few. him. The poor themselves must have an important Drop-outs must be encouraged to go back to role in policy decisions at the community level. school for. an education or training to fit their The States should be partners in this War on ability. Poverty. It is time that the poverty fighters stopped fighting each other. health. In the ten years since the second Republicans will offer specific proposals Hoover Commission made its report, dur­ to redirect this program to achieve its ing five Democratic-controlled Congresses, goals without waste, scandal and bureau­ employees on the Federal payroll have in­ cratic infighting. Without such changes, creased 175,000 and Federal expenditures the good will fall with the bad under the have increased by $57 billion. fiscal pressures created by Vietnam and the massive new domestic spending pro· The Executive branch has become a bureaucratic grams. jungle. The time has come to explore its wild ~erica has long waged the most effective War growth and cut it back. on Poverty in history through the genius of private We urge a new independent bipartisan enterprise cooperating with government. Commission, patterned after the two dis­ We urge the enactment of the Republican tinguished Hoover Commissions, to recom­ proposed Human Investment Act to bring mend substantial reforms in the Executive private enterprise more effectively to bear branch of our government. on the problem of creating productive jobs for the poor. Through a 7% tax credit, this Cost of Living measure will encourage business and labor to employ and train people with limited To achieve a healthy and steady economic growth skills and education. there must be price stability. Today this national goal is seriously endangered by the threat of in­ Executive Reform flation. The Eisenhower dollar is now worth 90 cents. The Executive Branch of the Federal government needs reform - not Presidential repatching or The, cost of living is 2 percent higher than piecemeal creation of new departments. it was a year ago. At the current level of The proliferation of Federal programs, com­ consumer spending, the price rise is the pounded by the mass production of laws in the equivalent of a secret sales tax that silently last session of Congress, demands the attention of steals some $8 billion annually from the our people. pockets of the American people. There are now 42 separate Federal agencies involved in education programs alone. Inflationary policies of the President have a There are at least 252 welfare programs major impact on the cost of living. This Admin­ today, including 52 separate Federal eco· istration uses a double standard. With one hand nomic aid programs, 57 job training pro­ it creates upward pressure on prices and with the grams and 65 Federal programs to improve other bludgeons workers and businessmen for re­ sponding to that pressure. The real villain in this piece is the Administration which will increase the cost of the Federal government by $26 billion $3~ billion? The President now advocates addi­ in a two-year period. tional tax burdens to finance added costs both at home and abroad. The most direct and effective weapon the National Government has to halt inflation is With prudent restraint on spending, we to curb Federal spending. This requires the believe no new taxes are now needed. President and the Congress to set priorities. It is imperative that the President in his budget classify his spending proposals ac­ Agriculture cording to necessity and urgency. If he fails to do so, we call upon the Democrats in Con­ The farm parity ratio in 1965 was below the level gress to join us in eliminating, reducing or of five years ago. At home, we seek a free and deferring low priority items. prosperous agriculture by encouraging the opera­ tion of a healthy market economy. We will con­ We learn now that expenditures in this fiscal tinue to resist Administration efforts to artificially year will be at least 8 billion dollars more than depress the market prices of farm commodities we were told a year ago. Congress and the people and to control the American farmers. have not been given a straight-forward and real­ istic assessment of our Federal budget problems. World population increases are adding a Republicans intend to give the President's budget new dimension to the problems of Ameri­ a searching examination. can agriculture and demand new thinking. For our overseas programs, we urge the Whatever is needed - really needed - for extension of Public Law 480, the Eisen· national security must be provided. Urgent bower Food for Peace program, and we domestic programs that truly help the urge the enactment of legislation, already needy, that contribute to real economic introduced by 65 Republicans in the House, growth, that significantly advance the cause to establish a bi-partisan "U.S.- World of equal opportunity, need not be sacri­ Food Study and Coordinating Commis­ .J ficed. Applying these tests, Republicans sion," in order to begin immediately the believe the $55 billion which the President task of closing the growing "food gap" on will propose for non-military spending can our planet. be and must be reduced. Political Reforms Taxes We were surprised and pleased that the Presi­ H ow many Americans know that the laws passed dent touched on the subject of reform of political last year, supposedly reducing taxes, actually im­ campaigns and elections. His recommendations pose a net increase in Federal taxes for 1966 of do not go far enough. Ways must be found to eliminate vote the load of local taxation, spur solution of fraud, curb the cost of political campaigns, vexing problems, and revitalize programs and expand the franchise. Republicans will in education, health, and welfare at the propose: local level. • to guard against abuses in the raising and use of political funds; • to raise the ceiling on political expendi­ Unemployment Compensation tures to realistic levels; C hanges in the system of ';lnemployment co!D­ • to bar effectively political contributions pensation are needed, particularly to provide from corporations and unions; standby protection against the contingency of a • to require meaningful reporting of po· substantial rise in the number of workers without litical contributi&ns and expenditures. jobs. We support the constructive suggestions worked out by the State Unemployment Compen­ sation admimstrators to meet this problem. We States of the Union oppose the Administration's bill that wo~ld ~ubs~­ tute Federal judgment for State determmation m Q ur nation has thrived ~>n the diversit~ and matters such as standards and benefits in this pro­ distribution of powers so wisely embedded m the gram. Constitution. The Administration believes in cen­ tralized authority, ignoring and bypassing and undermining State responsibilities in almo.st ~very Civil Rights law that is passed. ~s a result, our ~onsti!utional structure is today m dangerous disrepair. The M aking real for all Americans the equality to States of the Union form a vital cornerstone of which this nation is committed remains an urgent our Federal system, and the headlong plunge national concern. Recent progress is encourag­ toward centralization of power in Washington ing, but not enough. No citizen should be satis­ must be halted. fied merely with the expectation of a better to­ All of us here tonight salute the gallant fight morrow. It is only right to expect that the Consti­ of Senator Dirksen against the repeal of Section tution of the United States be put in force every­ 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act and for the Re­ where now. apportionment Amendment. The Congress has enacted four civil rights We urge Congress to enact a system of tax acts since 1957. There now is need to review sharing, long advocated by Republicans, to these laws, and especially tighten those designed return to the States a fixed percentage of to prevent violence and intimidation of citizens personal income tax without Federal con· who exercise their constitutional rights. trols. Funds from this source will lighten Hesitant administration of existing laws has made them less effective than they sand Americans in Vietnam. should be. The President has even failed to And what of the sacrifices of their families at make the Community Relations Service the home, who share inequally in the promises of the effective instrument which Congress in· Great Society? We nrge more adequate housing tended it to be. Leaderless for half of and benefits for our fighting men and their fam­ last year, shunted off to an ambiguous ilies. We urge a new GI bill of rights of veterans. position in the wrong Federal agency, this potentially valuable Service has suffered We will not sacrifice their future. from neglect. Nor will we sacrifice the future of millions Let us make it clear to all - there cannot be of Americans whose lifetime savings and mod· two kinds of justice, one for whites, another for est pensions are being nibbled away by infla­ Negroes. tion. Nor can there be tolerance of riots, looting, We are outnumbered two to one in this Con- violence, and disorder. These impede the prog­ gress. ress sought by the overwhelming majority of But we will continue to speak out for the Americans. things in which we believe. We will not sacrifice the ideals that make us Republi­ cans. The President's Challenge We will never sacrifice the sacred right, and the Last week the President chided Americans who sacred value to our country, of loyal dissent. believe, as I do, that we cannot fight a war ten This is our duty to all Americans. thousand miles away without setting priorities at home. He asked: Whom will they sacrifice? ... the *** poor? Our answer is a resounding "NO!" We will not sacrifice poor people. We will sacrifice poor programs, poorly conceived and poorly carried out. We will sacrifice poor administrators. We will sacrifice poor arithmetic in public accounting. Any sacrifices we call for cannot be com· pared with those being made by 190 thou· Prepared under the direction of the Republican National CommiHee, 1625 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

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Folder: The StQte of the Uf\i on - A Rep\.\f>l ico.n Appra\S

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.. Document ID: Re.spon:,e by S~h. Evef'ett Dlrksen .. .

Date: JanU,o.ry 17 J I q~Co

Pages: 4 For Release On Delivery 9 p.m. Esr, January 17, 1966

THE &rATE OF TEE UNION - A REPUBLICAN APPRAISAL

Fellow Citizens: I am Senator Dirksen of Illinois, Republican Floor Leader in the United

States Senate. vlith me on this program will be congressman Ford of Michigan,

Republican Floor Leader in the United States House of Representatives. Each of us will have about 14 minutes to discuss the State of The Union. That is a short time for a gigantic task. The President has a mandate under the Constitution to give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, together with his recommendations.

We have no such mandate. v1e do believe we have a duty as elected Repre- sentatives to present our views. Time will permit only a few basic high- lights.

We are the legatees of a great, strong land. We received it from those who were here before us. The state of our land is too often measured in material terms -- jobs, income, gross product, services and goods. Actually it embraces much more. It includes the national mood, our capacity to live together, and our prestige. It includes our leadership of the Free World, our relations with other lands, our respect for law, our devotion to peace, and our willingness to sacrifice even as others have done before us. It includes reason and realism in a world

of tumult and confusion. We are not only in this world but of it, and we shall be for ages to come. Consider then our ties and relations with other lands. Twenty-one years ago, we pioneered the United Nations. Since then, we have developed regional groups throughout the world for specific purposes. We believed it would aid the cause of peace and tranquillity and freedom. In pursuit of these high purposes, we spent more than $120 billion of your money on foreign aid. \ile hoped that if we supplied the tools, other nations would supply the men on Freedom's frontier. vle fulfilled our pledges.

They did so only in part and too often with ill grace.

\'There needed, we supplied manpower also. The first feeble cries of

11 Yanki, go home" have become a chorus. Our prestige on the world thermometer of good will has dropped fast and far. Our billions have gained little re­ spect, and even less appreciation. Every continent has its fevers and turmoil.

Two things are needed. The first is a careful, precise audit to see

'Where our fleeting dollars went and what they really accomplished. The second, is a sustained and expert scrutiny of every estimate for foreign aid to de­

termine how the aid requested will be used and whether there will be dividends

in the form ot good will and real devotion to peace and freedom. To accept

less would be an injustice to the charity and sacrificial spirit of the

American people.

Consider now the horsemen ot despair Who ride over the world -- the popu­

lation explosion, hunger, and poverty. They constitute a crisis already on

our doorstep. vle pay farmers to produce less. Industry forever seeks ways

to produce more at less cost. Meanwhile, births continue to grow and hunger

stalks many areas of the world. Each year, the world gains 65 million persona.

The number will grow. SO will hunger. Can peace and hunger co-exist?

Ages ago, Isaish wrote, 11 And it shall came to pass, that 'tvhen they shall

be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their King and their God."

American agriculture is geared to high production. Better to pay tor

abundance than for scarcity. 3

In a few years, Red China will have 800 million people. Leaders can survive only when the urgent creature needs of the people are met. The ugly heads of aggression and conquest vanish when there is no need for new domains.

Surely, within the genius of American enterprise, the way can be found for the produce of our fruited plains to reach the empty bellies of the world. The signs of trouble are already written in the firmament and there is no time to lose. This too vTith its vast potential impact on our future involves the state ot the Uhion.

Consider now the grim struggle in which "t-re are involved in Asia. Let us be crystal clear. Vietnam is not our war. :But we pledged ourselves to help a small nation. Our word was given. i'le are there to keep our word.

For more than 90 years, cambodia, taos and Indo-China were under French tutelage. The Viet Minh •• the north half,-rebelled. It was a long, bloody struggle. The French were defeated. The conflict ended with an accord signed at Geneva. Laos and cambodia achieved their independence. Indo-China was divided in half with a non-military zone between.

· Our country did not sign that accord. :But we had an interest. Hundreds of millions of your money was spent to aid the French. But it also involved our defense perimeter and our security. we pledged ourselves to aid Vietnam in preserving her integrity and independence.

Accordingly we were permitted to keep military advisers there. At first it was but a few hundred. Gradually the number grew into thousands. Today it approaches 200,000. It has become a grim, bloody, and costly business.

It is a war but not of our making. Young men with gay hearts go forth to

Vietnam and lif'ele.s.s young men in wooden boxes return. They fought, bled, died in the heat and mud ot the jungles. All this is 12,000 miles from home. 4

For a long time it seemed remote. But no longer. i-fe become grimly aware that we are fighting a war to help a small land, so many of whose people can neither read nor write.

Eighteen months ago, Congress enacted a Joint Resolution, giving support and approval to the President as Commander In Chief to take all necessary steps including the use of force to repel attack on our forces and prevent further aggression. That resolution is still in effect. In both Houses of Congress the vote l-Tas 504 to 2. Every Republican present voted for it.

But as complications develop and the choice becomes guns or butter or both, groups and individuals become increasingly vocal. Letts get out. vle must stay in. vle must bomb Hanoi. l'J'e must not bomb. We must step up. We must hold back. \fe must negotiate. We must not negotiate.

To retreat and get out would be deemed a confession that we are a paper tiger. iolha.t a propaganda weapon that "t>Tould be in Asia, Africa and elsewhere.

To forsake our pledges would shatter confidence in us and further diminish our prestige.

To negotiate from weakness would mean defeat before we ever reached the negotiation table.

so what? Is there then a rational course to follow? I believe so. Let the peace efforts continue. vlho can object to any honorable effort to secure peace where young blood is involved. Let the military effort continue. It demonstrates our determination to keep our word. Let it be intensified if necessary as sound military judgment dictates. There i~after all, no substitute for victory. Let the objective be kept crystal clear at all times, and that is guaranteed freedom and independence for the Vietnamese. How else could we keep faith with the young dead? How else do we redeem our l'TOrd'l How else do we regain our prestige? How else do we maintain our leadership in the

Free Ylorld? All this is part of the State of the Union. For Release On Delivery 9 p.m. Ear, January 17, 1966

THE mATE OF THE UNION - A REPUBLICAN APPRAISAL

Fellow Citizens: I am Senator Dirksen of Illinois, Republican Floor Leader in the United States senate. vlith me on this program will be Congressman Ford of Michigan, Republican Floor Leader in the United States House of Representatives. Each of us will have about 14 minutes to discuss the State of The Union. That is a short time for a gigantic task. The President has a mandate under the Constitution to give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, together with his recommendations.

We have no such mandate. vle do believe we have a duty as elected Repre- sentatives to present our views. Time will permit only a few basic high- lights. We are the legatees of a great, strong land. We received it from those who were here before us. The state of our land is too often measured in material terms -- jobs, income, gross product, services and goods. Actually it embraces much more. It includes the national mood, our capacity to live together, and our prestige. It includes our leadership of the Free World, our relations with other lands, our respect for law, our devotion to peace, and our willingness to sacrifice even as others have done before us. It includes reason and realism in a world of tumult and confusion. We are not only in this world but of it, and we shall be for ages to come. Consider then our ties and relations with other lands. TWenty-one years ago, we pioneered the United Nations. Since then, we have developed regional groups throughout the world for specific purposes. We believed it would aid the cause of peace and tranquillity and freedom. In pursuit of these high purposes, we spent more than $120 billion of your money on foreign aid. vle hoped that if 're supplied the tools, other nations would supply the men on Freedom's frontier. We fulfilled our pledges. They did so only in part and too often with ill grace. Where needed, we supplied manpower also. The first feeble cries of

"Yanki, go home 11 have become a chorus. Our prestige on the world thermometer of good will has dropped fast and far. Our billions have gained little re­ spect, and even less appreciation. Every continent has its fevers and turmoil. Two things are needed. The first is a careful, precise audit to see where our fleeting dollars went and what they really accomplished. Tbe second, is a sustained and expert scrutiny of every estimate for foreign aid to de­ termine how the aid requested will be used and whether there will be dividends in the form of good will and real devotion to peace and freedom. To accept less would be an injustice to the charity and sacrificial spirit of the American people. Consider now the horsemen of despair who ride over the world -- the popu­ lation explosion, hunger, and poverty. They constitute a crisis already on our doorstep. Ue pay farmers to produce lese. Industry forever seeks ways to produce more at less cost. Meanwhile, births continue to grow and hunger stalks many areas of the world. Each year, the world gains 65 million persons. The number will grow. So will hunger. Can peace and hunger co-exist'l

Ages ago, Isaiah wrote, 11 And it shall come to pass, that w·hen they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their King and their God·" American agriculture is geared to high production. Better to pay for abundance than for scarcity. 3

In a few years, Red China will bave 800 million people. Leaders can survive only when the urgent creature needs of the people are met. The ugly heads of aggression and conquest vanish when there is no need for new domains.

Surely, within the genius of American enterprise, the way can be found for the produce of our fruited plains to reach the empty bellies of the world. The signs of trouble are already written in the firmament and there is no time to lose. This too with its vast potential impact on our future involves the

State of the Uhion.

Consider now the grim struggle in which vre are involved in Asia. Let us be crystal clear. Vietnam is not our war. But we pledged ourselves to help a small nation. Our word was given. He are there to keep our word.

For more tban 90 years, cambodia, Laos and Indo-China were under French tutelage. The Viet Minh -- the north half,-rebelled. It was a long, bloody struggle. The French were defeated. The conflict ended with an accord signed at Geneva. Laos and cambodia achieved their independence. Indo-China was divided in half with a non-military zone between.

Our country did not sign that accord. But we bad an interest. Hundreds of millions of your money was spent to aid the French. But it also involved our defense perimeter and our security. we pledged ourselves to aid Vietnam in preserving her integrity and independence.

Accordingly we were permitted to keep military advisers there. At first it was but a few hundred. Gradually the number grew into thousands. Today it approaches 200,000. It has become a grim, bloody, and costly business.

It is a war but not of our making. Young men with gay hearts go forth to

Vietnam and 1i:feless young men in wooden boxes return. They fought, bled, died in the heat and mud of the jungles. All this is 12,000 miles from home. 4

For a long time it seemed remote. But no longer. We become grimly aware that we are fighting a war to help a small land, so many of whose people can neither read nor write. Eighteen months ago, Congress enacted a Joint Resolution, giving support and approval to the President as Commander In Chief to take all necessary steps including the use of force to repel attack on our forces and prevent further aggression. That resolution is still in effect. In both Houses of Congress the vote 't-Tas 504 to 2. Every Republican present voted for it. But as complications develop and the choice becomes guns or butter or both, groups and individuals become increasingly vocal. Let's get out. vle must stay in. We must bomb Hanoi. We must not bomb. We must step up. We must hold back. vle must negotiate. We must not negotiate.

To retreat and get out would be deemed a confession that we are a paper tiger. i-lhat a propaganda weapon that -vrould be in Asia, Africa and elsewhere. To forsake our pledges would shatter confidence in us and further diminish our prestige.

To negotiate from weakness would mean defeat before we ever reached the negotiation table. so wbatl Is there then a rational course to follow? I believe so. Let the peace efforts continue. vlho can object to any honorable effort to secure peace where young blood is involved. Let the military effort continue. It demonstrates our determination to keep our word. Let it be intensified if necessary as sound military judgment dictates. There is, after all, no substitute for victory. Let the objective be kept crystal clear at all times, and that is guaranteed freedom and independence for the Vietnamese. Bow else could we keep faith with the young dead? Bow else do we redeem our vrord? Bow else do we regain our prestige? Bow else do we maintain our leadership in the Free World? All this is part of the State of the Ubion. THE STATE OF THE UNION

WE ARE ASSEMBLED TONIGHT IN THIS HISTORIC ~ =---.;;.;;~·-='===:--·-..... CHAMBER -- A CHA~BER THAT HAS ECHOED THE THUNDEROUS DEBATE AND VIGOROUS DISSENT OF SOME OF OUR COUNTRY 1S GREATEST LEADERS.

DANIEL WEBSTER HERE PROCLAIMED THE IMMORTAL

WORDS 1 "~~J~B~~TY AND UN ION, --~OW AND FOREVER ONE AND INSEPARABLE."

AS A MINORITY PARTY, IT IS OUR TASK TO CAR­ RY THE TORCH OF DISSENT RESPONSIBLY AND CONSTRUCTIVELY.

TONIGHT WE LOOK FORWARDj NOT BACKWARD. OUR PEOPLE ARE RESTLESS AND IMPATIENT WITH PROBLEMS TOO LONG UNSOLVED AND TOO OFTEN COMPOUNDED BY BAD LAWS AND BUREAUCRATIC FAILIN~S. THE CONGRESS TURNS NOW TO ITS PART IN THE ALWAYS UNFINISHED JOB OF MAKING Arl~ER ICA UN ITED~ STRONG • AND fR.~E. - THESE GOALS IN THEIR PRESENT SETTING POINT TO THREE PROBLEMS OF DOMESTIC POLIC~: <2!! HOW TO INCREASE JOBS AND OUTPUT WITHOUT INFLATION.J HOY/ TO MOVE AHEAD TOWARD EQUALITY FOR ALL CITIZENS; AND HOW TO IMPROVE GOVERN· MENT AND ITS SERVICES.

WHILE THERE ARE COURSES OF ACTION THAT STRIKE AT EACH OF ~ESE PROBLEMS,THIRE IS A COMMON REMEDY THAT AFFECTS ALL THREE: EDUCATION. - WE BELIEVE EVERY YOUTH MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO PURSUE HIS EDUCATION AS FAR AS HIS TALENTS WILL TAKE HI ~~.a. ~-----~-· 3

THIS CANNOT, AND SHOULD NOT~ BE lDNE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALONE~, BUT, lH ERE IS MUCH THAT THE NATIONAL GOVER'J MENT CAN DO TO PROMOTE THIS EFBBRT WITHOUT THE HEAVY HAND OF FEDBlL CONTROL.

FOR EXAMPLE~ THE CONGRESS SHOULD EASE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF GOING TO COLLEGE.

THE DOOR OF EDUCATION MUST BE OPENED WIDE.

THEREFORE~ VJE PROPOSE A FEDERAL lf\COME TAX CREDIT FOR COLLEGE STUOBrS AND THEIR PARENTS.

WE MUST LIBERATE THE WAR ON PBUERlY FROM

WASTE .J CONTROVERSY AND THE BAD ODOR OF 4

POLITICAL BOSSISM~ WE MUST COMBINE COMPASSION WITH COMPETENCE~ THIS NATION CAN AFFORD WHAT IS NECESSARY TO HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE At~ONG US TO HELPTHEMSELVES. ,···· - THE CHILDREN OF THE POOR MUST HAVE THE HIGHEST PRIOR ITY. HOW MANY OF lH E POOR HAVE ACTUALLY RECEIVED ANY OF THE TWENTY­ THREE HUNDRED MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS DN FROM THE PRESENT WAR POVERTY 2• TRAGICALLY VERY FEWI

THE POOR THEMSELVES MUST HAVE AN IMRJRTANT ROLE IN POLICY DECISIONS AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL. THE STATES SHOULD BE PARTNERS IN THIS WAR ON POVERTY. THE POVERTY FIGHTERS MUST STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER~

AMERICA HAS LONG WAGED THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAR ON POVERTY IN HISTORY THROUGH THE 5 GENIUS OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE COOPERATING WITH GOVERNMENT.

WE URGE THE ENACTMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN HUMAN INVESTMENT ACT TO BRING PRIVATE ENTERPRISE MORE EFFECTIVELY TO BEAR ON THE PROBLEM OF CREATING PRODUCTIVE JOBS FOR THE POOR·~~ THROUGH A 7$ TAX CREDIT WE WILL ENCOURAGE BUSINESS AND LABOR TO EMPLOY AND TRAIN PEOPLE WITH LIMITED SKILLS AND EDUCATION.

EXECUTl~-R€-F9RM

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS REFORM - NOT PRESIDENTIAL REPATCHING OR PIECEMEAL CREATION OF NEW DEPARTMENTS a~ 6 THERE ARE AT LEAST 252 WELFARE PROGRAMS TODAY~ INCLUDING 52 SEPARATE FEDERAL ECONOMIC AID PROGRAMS~ 57 JOB TRAINING PROGRA~,1S.) AND 65 FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE HEALTH.

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS BECOME A BUREAU­ CRATIC JUNGLE. THE TIME HAS COME TO EXPLORE ITS WILD GROWTH AND CUT IT BACK.

WE URGE A NEW~INDEPENDENT~BIPARTISAN COMMISSION, PATTERNED AFTER THE TWO DIS­ TINGUISHED HOOVER COMMISSIONSA TO RECOMMEND SUBSTANTIAL REFORMS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF OUR GOVERNMENT~

COST OF LIVING

THE EISENHOWER DOLLAR IS NOW WORTH ONLY 7

90 CENTS~:

THE COST OF LIVING IS 2 PERCENT HIGHER THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO. AT THE CURRENT LEVEL OF CONSUMER SPENDING} THIS PRICE RISE IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A SECRET SALES TAX THAT SILENTLY STEALS SOME $8 BILLION ANNUALLY FROM THE POCKETS OF THE A~AER ICAN PEOPLE.

INFLATIONARY POLICIES OF THE PRESIDENT HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE COST OF LIVING. THIS ADMINISTRATION USES A DOUBLE STANDARD. WITH ONE HAND IT CREATES UPWARD PRESSURE ON PRICES AND WITH THE OTHER BLUDGEONS WORKERS AND BUS INESSr~EN FOR RESPONDING TO THOSE PRESSURES. THE VILLAIN IN THIS PIECE IS THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH WILL INCREASE THE COST OF THE FEDERAL GOVHN- MENT BY $26 BILLION IN A TWO-YEAR PERIOD& 8 THE MOST DIRECT AND EFFECTIVE WEAPON THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO HALT INFLATION - - IS TO CURB FEDERAL SPENDING. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE PRESIDENT IN HIS BUDGET CLASSIFY HIS SPENDING PROPOSALS ACCORDING TO NECESSITY AND URGENCY. IF HE FAILS TO DO SO~ WE CALL UPON THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS TO JOIN US IN ELIMINATING, REDUCING~OR DEFERRING LOW­ PR IOR ITY ITE~1Sri

WE LEARN NOW THAT SPENDING IN THIS FISCAL YEAR WILL BE AT LEAST 8 BILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN WE WERE TOLD A YEAR AGO. CONGRESS AND THE PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A STRAIGHT-FORWARD AND REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF OUR FEDERAL BUDGET PROBLEMS. WE NEED TRUTH IN BUDGETING BY THE WHITE ..... HOUSE. 9 WHATEVER IS NEEDED -- REALLY NEEDED -- FOR NATIONAL SECURITY MUST BE PROVIDED. URGENT DOMESTIC PROGRAMS THAT TRULY HELP THE NEEDY> THAT alNTR IBUTE TO REAL ECONOMIC GROWTH l THAT SI GN IF I CANTL Y ADV~NCE THE CAUSE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITYJ NEED NOT BE SACRIFICED~ APPLYING THESE TESTS REPUBLICANS BELIEVE THE $55 BILLION WHICH THE PRESIDENT PROPOSES FOR NON­ MILITARY SPENDING CAN BE AND MUST BE REDUCED.

' TAXES

HOW i~NY AMERICANS KNOW THAT~WS PASSED LAST YEAR, SUPPOSEDLY REDUCING TAXES, ACTUALLY IMPOSE A NET INCREASE IN FEDERAL TAXES FOR ;1966 OF $3-1/2 B I LLI ON I THE PRESIDENT NOW ADVOCATES ADDITIONAL TAX 10 BURDENS. WITH PRUDENT RESTRAINT ON

SPENDING 1 WE BELIEVE NO NEW TAXES ARE NOW NEEDED. ~- AGRICULTURE

AT HOME WE SEEK A FREE AND PROSPEROUS AGRICULTURE. REPUBLICANS WILL CONTINUE TO RESIST ADMINISTRATION EFFORTS TO ARTIFICIALLY DEPRESS THE MARKET PRICES OF FARM COMMOOI]ES AND OONTROL AMERICAN FARMERS. THE EISENHOWER PUBLIC LAW 480 MUST BE EXTENDED. WE URGE ESTABLISHMENT OF A "U.S. - WORLDFOOO STUDY COMMISSION" TO MEET THE GROVll NG "FOOD GAP" ON OUR PLANET.

POLITICAL REFORMS 1 1 WE WERE SURPRISED AND PLEASED THAT THE PRESIDENT TOUCHED ON THE SUBJECT OF REFORM OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTION& HIS RECOMMENDATIONS DO NOT GO FAR ENOUGH.

WAYS MUST BE FOUND TO ELIMINATE VOTE FRAUD, CURB THE COST OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS~ AND EXPAND THE RIGHT TO VOTE. r- - --- \REPUBLICANS WILL PROPOSE SUCH MEASURE~

STATES OF THE UNION:

OUR NATION HAS THRIVED ON THE DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS SO WISELY EMBEDDED IN THE CONSTITUTION. THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVES IN CENTRALIZED AUTHORITYJ IGNORING_, BY~!~.GJ AND UNDE~~~-~ STATE RESPONSIBILITIES IN ALMOST EVERY LMTHAT IS PASSED. AS A RESULTJ OUR CONSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE.IS TODAY IN DANGEROUS DISREPAIR. . ' .. -·-····"'f2 THE STATES OF THE UNION FORM A VITAL CORNERSTONE OF OUR FEDERAL SYSTEM~ AND THE HEADLONG PLUNGE TOWARD CENTRALIZATION OF POWER IN WASHINGTON MUST BE HALTED.

WE SALUTE THE GALLANT FIGHT OF SENATOR DIRKSEN AGAINST THE REPEAL OF SECTION 148 AND FOR A REAPPORTIONMENT AMENDMENT.

WE URGE CONGRESS TO ENACT A SYSTEM OF TAX SHARING~ LONG ADVOCATED BY REPUBLICANS~ TO RETURN TO THE STATES A FIXED PERCENTAGE OF THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX WITHOUT FEDERAL CONTROLS. FUNDS FROM THIS SOURCE WILL LIGHTEN THE LOAD OF LOCAL TAXATION, SPUR SOLUTION OF VEXING URBAN PROBLEMS, AND REVI~ALIZE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION~ HEALTHJAND WELFARE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. 13 CIVIL RIGHTS

MAKING REAL FOR ALL A~ERICANS THE EQUALITY TO WHICH THIS NATION IS COMMITTED REMAINS AN URGENT NATIONAL CONCERN. RECENT PROGRESS IS ENCOURAGING, BUT NOT ENOUGH. NO CITIZEN SHOULD BE SATISFIED MERELY WITH THE EXF£ CT AT ION OF A BETTER TOr~ORROW. IT IS ONLY RIGHT TO EXPECT THAT THE CON­ STITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES BE PUT IN FORCE EVERYWHERE -- NOW.

THE CONGRESS HAS ENACTED FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS SINCE 1957. HESITANT ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING LA\VS HAS r~ADE THEr~ LESS EFFECTIVE THAN THEY SHOULD BE. THERE NOW ISNEED TO REVIEW THESE LAWS, AND ESPECIALLY TIGHTEN THOSE DESIGNED TO PREVENT VIOLENCE AND I~TIMIDATION OF CITIZENS WHO EXERCISE 14 THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.

LET US ~AAKE IT CLEAR TO ALL -- THERE CANNOT BE TWO KINDS OF JUSTICE~ ONE FOR WHITES, ANOTHER FOR NEGROES.

-- NOR CAN THERE BE TOLERANCE OF RIOTS~ LOOTINGJ VIOLENCE~ AND DISORDER.

THESE IMPEDE THE PROGRESS SOUGHT BY THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF AMERICANS.

THE PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE

LAST WEEK THE PRES IDENT CHI OED Ar~ER ICANS

WHO BEL IEVE J AS I DO 1 THAT VJE CANNOT FIGHT A WAR TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY WITHOUT SETTING PRI~ITlES AT HOME. 15 HE ASKED.: WHOrv1 VII LL THEY SACRIFICE? ••• • • • • • •THE POOR? "

OUR ANSWER IS A RESOUNDING "NO ."f

WE WILL NOT SACRIFICE POOR PEOPLE.

WE ~ILL SACRIFICE POOR PROGRAMS, POORLY CONCEIVED AND POORLY CARRIED OUT.

WE WILL SACRIFICE POOR ADMINISTRATORS.

WE WILL SACRIFICE POOR ARITHMETIC IN ·- ... PUBLIC ACCOUNTING.

ANY SACRIFICES WE CALL FOR CANNOT BE COMPARED WITH THOSE BEING ~~DE TONIGHT BY 190 THOUSAND AMERICANS IN VIETNAM. --.,--,_.._,..,"·">'--~~-- ...... -...... , ...... ~.. ~~~~~~~~~- 16

AND WM~T OF THE SACRIFICES OF THEIR FAMILIES AT HOME, WHO SHARE UNEQUALLY IN THE PROMISES OF THE GREAT SOCIETY [ WE URGE MORE ADEQUATE HOUSING AND BENEFITS FOR OUR FIGHTING tJEN AND THEIR -=:::: FAMILIES. WE URGE A NEW Gl BILL OF RIGHTS FOR VETERANS.

WE WILL NOT SACRIFICE THEIR FUTURE.

NOR WILL WE SACRIFICE THE FUTURE OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS WHOSE LIFETIME SAVINGS AND MODEST PENSIONS ARE BEING NIBBLED AWAY BY INFLATION.

WE ARE OUTNUMBERED TWO TO ONE IN THIS CONGRESS.

BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TOSPEAK OUT FOR THE 17

THINGS IN WHICH WE BELIEVE. WE WILL NOT SACRIFICE THE IDEALS THAT MAKE US REPUBLICANS. WE WILL NEVER SACRIFICE THE SACRED RIGHT~ AND THE SACRED VALUE TO OUR COUNTRY OF LOYAL DISSENT.

THIS IS OUR DUTY TO ALL AMERICANS. Texts of the Addresses

The State of the Union - A Republican Appraisal

Republican Congressional Leade~s last Monday deliv_ered~ Jor the first time, their own State oj the Union messages, &n reply to the Presidents a_ddr~ss oj several ~ays earlier. Some 200 Republican Members oj Congress and the1r w1ves gathered &n a historic Capitol chamber which once housed the Senate and the Supreme Court, to hear Senate GOP Leader Everett M. Dirksen and House Republican Lea~er Gera!J R. Ford discuss the foreign and domestic scenes. The speeches were televued nationally by the three networks.

By Sen. EvereH M. Dirksen and freedom. To accept less would be an injustice to the charity and sacrificial spirit of the Ameri­ WE ARE THE LEGATEES of a great, strong land. can people. We received it from those who were here before Horsemen of Despair us. The state of our land is too often measured in CoNSIDER NOW THE horsemen of despair who material terms-jobs, income, gross product, serv­ ride over the world-the population explosion, ices and goods. Actually it embraces much more. hunger, and poverty. They constitute a crisis al­ It includes the national mood, our capacity to live ready on our doorstep. We pay farmers to pro- together, and our prestige. It includes our leader­ ship of the Free World, our relations with other lands, our respect for law, our devotion to peace, and our willingness to sacrifice even as others have done before us. It includes reason and realism in a world of tumult and confusion. We are not only in this world but of it, and we shall be for ages to come. Consider then our ties and relations with other lands. Twenty-one years ago, we pioneered the United Nations. Since then, we have developed Dirksen: Our word Ford: Forward regional groups throughout the world for specific duce less. Industry forever seeks ways to produce purposes. We believed it would aid the cause of more at less cost. Meanwhile, births continue to peace and tranquillity and freedom. grow and hunger stalks many areas of the world. Each year, the world gains 65 million persons. Our Pledges Fulfilled The number will grow. So will hunger. Can peace In pursuit of these high purposes, we spent more and hunger co-exist? than $120 billion of your money on foreign aid. Ages ago, lsaish wrote, "And it shaJ; come to We hoped that if we supplied the tools, other na­ pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall tions would supply the men on Freedom's frontier. fret themselves, and curse their King and their We fulfilled our pledges. They did so only in part God." American agriculture is geared to high pro­ and too often with ill grace. duction. Better to pay for abundance than for Where needed, we supplied manpower also. scarcity. The first feeble cries of "Yanki, go home" have In a few years, Red China will have 800 million become a chorus. Our prestige on the world ther­ people. Leaders can survive only when the urgent mometer of goodwill has dropped fast and far. creature needs of the people are met. The ugly Our billions have gained little respect, and even heads of aggression and conquest vanish when less appreciation. Every continent has its fevers there is no need for new domains. Surely, within and turmoil. the genius of American enterprise, the way can be Two things are needed. The first is a careful, found for the produce of our fruited plains to reach precise audit to see where our fleeting dollars went the empty bellies of the world. The signs of trouble and what they really accomplished. The second is are already written in the firmament and there is a sustained and expert scrutiny of every estimate no time to lose. This too with its vast potential im­ for foreign aid to determine how the aid requested pact on our future involves the State of the Union. will be used and whether there will be dividends Consider now the grim struggle in which we are in the form of goodwill and real devotion to peace (Continued on third page following) 'We Will Not Sacrifice the Ideals That Make Us Republicans'

By ~ep. Gerald R. Ford dent touched on the subject of reform of political campaigns and elections. His recommendations do As A MINORITY PARTY, it is our task to carry not go far enough. the torch of dissent responsibly and constructively. Ways must be found to eliminate vote fraud, We look forward, not backward. Our people are curb the cost of political campaigns, and expand restless and impatient with problems too long the franchise. Republicans will propose: to guard unsolved and too often compounded by bad laws against abuses in the raising and use of political and bureaucratic failings. funds; to raise the ceiling on political expenditures The Congress turns in 1966, as in the past, to to realistic levels; to bar effectively political con­ its part in the always unfinished task of making tributions from corporations and unions; to require America united, strong, and free. meaningful reporting of political contributions and These goals in their present setting point par­ expenditures. ticularly to three types of problems of domestic Newsletter Photo by Midey Senko Congressman Ford, speaking in Old Supreme Court Chamber last Monday evening. policy: how to increase jobs and output without States of the Union inflation; how to move ahead toward equality last session of Congress, demands the attention the Congress to set priorities. It is imperative that for all citizens; and how to improve government of our people. the President in his budget classify his spending 0 UR NATION HAS thrived on the diversity and and its services. There are now 42 separate Federal agencies proposals according to necessity and urgency. If distribution of powers so wisely embedded in the While there are courses of action that strike involved in education programs alone. There he fails to do so, we call upon the Democrats in Constitution. The Administration believes in cen­ at each of these problems, there is a common are at least 252 welfare programs today, including Congress to join us in eliminating, reducing or de­ tralized authority, ignoring and bypassing and remedy that affects all three: Education. 52 separate Federal economic aid programs, 57 ferring low priority items. undermining State responsibilities in almost every This cannot, and should not, be done by the job training programs and 65 Federal programs We learn now that expenditures in this fiscal law that is passed. As a result, our constitutional Federal Government alone. But, there is much to improve health. In the 10 years since the sec­ year will be at least $8 billion more than we were structure is today in dangerous disrepair. The that the national government can do to promote ond Hoover Commission made its report, during told a year ago. Congress and the people have States of the Union form a vital cornerstone of our this effort without the heavy hand of Federal five Democratic-controlled Congresses, employees not been given a straight-forward and realistic Federal system, and the headlong plunge toward control. on the Federal payroll have increased 175,000 assessment of our Federal budget problems. Re­ centralization of power in Washington must be halted. Compassion With Competence and Federal expenditures have increased by $57 publicans intend to give the President's budget a billion. searching examination. We salute the gallant fight of Senator Dirksen We must liberate the War on Poverty from The Executive branch has become a bureau­ against the repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft­ waste, controversy, and the bad odor of political cratic jungle. The time has come to explore its faxes Hartley Act and for the Reapportionment Amend­ bossism. We must combine compassion with com­ wild growth and cut it back. We urge a new How many Americans know that the laws passed ment. petence. This Nation can afford what is necessary independent bipartisan commission, patterned last year, supposedly reducing taxes, actually im­ We urge Congress to enact a system of tax shar­ to help the less fortunate among us to help them­ after the two distinguished Hoover Commissions, pose a net increase in Federal taxes for 1966 of ing, long advocated by Republicans, to return to selves. The children of the poor mvst have the to recommend substantial reforms in the Executive $3112 billion? The President now advocates .addi­ the States a fixed percentage of the personal in­ highest priority. How many of the poor have branch of our government. tional tax burdens to finance added costs both at come tax without Federal controls. Funds from this actually received any of the twenty-three hundred home and abroad. With prudent restraint on source will lighten the load of local taxation, spur Cost of Living million taxpayers' dollars from the present War spending, we believe no new taxes are now solution of vexing urban problems, and revitalize on Poverty? Tragically, very few. To achieve a healthy and steady economic needed. programs in education, health, and welfare at the The poor themselves must have an important growth there must be price stability. Today this local level. role in policy decisions at the community level. national goal is seriously endangered by the Agriculture The States should be partners in this War on Pov­ threat of inflation. The Eisenhower dollar is now Civil Rights erty. It is time that the poverty fighters stopped worth 90 cents. THE FARM PARITY ratio in 1965 was below the Making real for all Americans the equality to fighting each other. The cost of living is two per cent higher than level of five years ago. At home, we seek a free which this nation is committed remains an urgent America has long waged the most effective War it was a year ago. At the current level of con­ and prosperous agriculture by encouraging the national concern. Recent progress is encouraging, on Poverty in history through the genivs of pr.i­ sumer spending, this price rise is the equivalent operation of a healthy market economy. We will but not enough. No citizen should be satisfied vate enterprise cooperating with government. We of a secret sales tax that silently steals some $8 continue to resist Administration efforts to arti­ merely with the expectation of a better tomorrow. urge the enactment of the Republican-proposed million annually from the pockets of the American ficially depress the market prices of farm com­ It is only right to expect that the Constitution of the Human Investment Act to bring private enterprise people. modities and to control the American farmers. United States be put in force everywhere now. more effectively to bear on the problem of cre­ Inflationary policies of the President have a World population increase~ are adding a new The Congress has enacted four civil rights acts ating productive jobs for the poor. Through a major impact on the cost of living. This Administra­ dimension to the problems of American agriculture since 1957. There now is need to review these seven per cent tax credit, this measure will en­ tion uses a double standard. With one hand it and demand new thinking. For our overseas pro­ laws, and especially tighten those designed to pre­ courage business and labor to employ and train creates upward pressure on prices and with the grams, we urge the extension of Public Law 480, vent violence and intimidation of citizens who people with limited skills and education. other bludgeons workers and businessmen for re­ the Eisenhower Food for Peace program, and we exercise their constitutional rights. sponding to these pressures. The real villain in this urge the enactment of legislation, already intro­ Hesitant administration of existing laws has Executive Reform piece is the Administration which will increase the duced by 65 Republicans in the House, to estab­ made them less effective than they should be. The THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH of the Federal Gov­ cost of the Federal Government by $26 billion in a lish a bi-partisan "U. S.-World Food Study and President has even failed to make the Community ernment needs reform-not Presidential repatch­ two-year period. Coordinating Commission," in order to begin im­ Relations Service the effective instrument which ing or piecemeal creation of new departments. The most direct and effective weapon the Na­ mediately the vital task of closing the growin.g Congress intended it to be. Leaderless for half of The proliferation of Federal programs, com­ tional Government has to halt inflation is to curb "food gap" on our planet. last year, shunted off to an ambiguous position in pounded by the mass production of laws in the Federal spending. This requires the President and We were surprised and pleased that the Presi- (Continued on Next Page) Dirksen: There Is No Substitute for Victory (Continued from Page One) Who can object to any honorable effort to secure involved in Asia. Let us be crystal clear. Vietnam peace where young blood is involved? Let the mili­ is not our war. But we pledged ourselves to help tary effort continue. It demonstrates our determi­ a small nation. Our word was given. We are there nation to keep our word. Let it be intensified if to keep our word. necessary as sound military judgment dictates. There is, after all, no substitute for victory. foR MORE THAN 90 years, Cambodia, Laos and Let the objective be kept crystal clear at all Indo-China were under French tutelage. The Viet times, and that is guaranteed freedom and inde­ Minh-the north half-rebelled. It was a long, pendence for the Vietnamese. How else could we bloody struggle. The French were defeated. The keep faith with the young dead? How else do we conflict ended with an accord signed at Geneva. redeem our word? How else do we regain our Laos and Cambodia achieved their independence. prestige? How else do we maintain our leadership Indo-China was divided in half with a non-military in the Free World? All this is part of the State of zone between. the Union. Our country did not sign that accord. But we had an interest. Hundreds of millions of your money was spent to aid the French. But it also involved our defense perimeter and our security. Ford: No Sacrifice Compares We pledged ourselve~ to aid Vietnam in preserv­ To Those Being Made in Vietnam ing her integrity and independence. (Continued from Previous Page) A Grim, Costly BaHie Accordingly we were permitted to keep military the wrong Federal agency, this potentially valu­ advisers there. At first it was but a few hundred. able Service has suffered from neglect. Gradually the number grew into thousands. Today Let us make it clear to all-there cannot be two it approaches 200,000. It has become a grim, kinds of justice, one for whites, another for Ne­ bloody, and costly business. groes. Nor can there be tolerance of riots, looting, It is a war but not of our making. Young men violence, and disorder. These impede the progress with gay hearts go forth to Vietnam and lifeless sought by the overwhelming majority of Ameri­ young men in wooden boxes return. They fought, cans. bled, died in the heat and mud of the jungles. All The President's Challenge this is 12,000 miles from home. For a long time it seemed remote. But no longer. We become grimly Last week the President chided Americans who aware that we are fighting a war to help a small believe, as I do, that we cannot fight a war 10,000 land, so many of whose people can neither read miles away without setting priorities at home. nor write. He asked: Whom will they sacrifice? . . . the Eighteen months ago, Congress enacted a Joint poor? Our answer is a resounding "NO!" Resolution, giving support and approval to the We will not sacrifice poor people. We will sac­ President as Commander In Chief to take all neces­ rifice poor programs, poorly conceived and poorly sary steps including the use of force to repel attack carried out. We will sacrifice poor administrators. on our forces and prevent further aggression. We will sacrifice poor arithmetic in public account­ That resolution is still in effect. In both Houses of ing. Congress the vote was 504 to 2. Every Republican Any sacrifices we call for, cannot be compared present voted for it. with those being made by 190,000 Americans in But as complications develop and the choice be­ Vietnam. comes guns or butter or both, groups and individ­ And what of the sacrifices of their families at uals become increasingly vocal. Let's get out. We home, who share inequally in the promises of the must stay in. We must bomb Hanoi. We must not Great Society? We urge more adequate housing bomb. We must step up. We must hold back. We for our fighting men and their families. We urge a must negotiate. We must not negotiate. new Gl bill of rights of veterans. We will not sacri­ To retreat and get out would be deemed a con­ fice their future. Nor will we sacrifice the future of fession that we are a paper tiger. What a propa­ millions of Americans whose lifetime savings and ganda weapon that would be in Asia, Africa and modest pensions are being nibbled away by in­ elsewhere. flation. To forsake our pledges would shatter confidence We are outnumbered two to one in this Con­ in us and further diminish our prestige. gress. But we will continue to speak out for the To negotiate from weakness would mean defeat things in which we believe. We will not sacrifice before we ever reached the negotiation table. the ideals that make us Republicans. We will never sacrifice the sacred right, and S 0 WHAT? Is there then a rational course to the sacred value to our country, of loyal dissent. follow? I believe so. Let the peace efforts continue. This is our duty to all Americans. Collecti·on.· Fo·r.J Co A "" n~. apors

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Pages: B roR THE SENATE: FOR THE HOUSE THE JOINT SENATE-HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Everett M. Dirluen, I..Jer REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP OeraldR.Ford, Tboma1 H. Kucbel, Wltip J..J., Bourke B. Hickenloopft', Cltr. Le1lie C. Arend1, Wl.ip o/ tl.e Polic11 Committee Melvin R. Laird, Leverett Salton•tall, Cl.r. Press Release Cltr. o/ tl.e Con/er•nc• o/ tl.e Con/erwnce Jobn J. Rbode1, Cl.r. o/ tJ.. Po/iq Committee Tbru1ton B. Morton, H. Allen Smitl., CJ.r. Republican Ln/e;,.ll Me,.£.r S.natoria/ Committee L/u Co...miftee Bo:b \ViliOD, Clrr. RepuMican PRESIDING OFFICER: ADDRESS Congreuiortal Committe• TJ.e Rttpu£/ican Cbarle~ E. Goodell, National Cl.airman January 17, 1966 Cl.r. Committee on Ray C. Bliss P/a,'"i"ll and Ru114rcl. The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Congressman Gerald R. Ford, Republican of Michigan

"The State of the Union- A Republican Appraisal11

FOR RELEASE 9:00 PM E. S. T.

We are assembled tonight in an historic chamber -- a chamber that

has echoed the thunderous debate and vigorous dissent of some of our country's

greatest leaders.

Daniel Webster here proclaimed the immortal words, "Liberty and

union, now and forever, one and inseparable. 11

As a minority party, it is our task to carry the torch of dissent

responsibly and constructively.

Tonight we look forward, not backward. Our people are restless a:nd

impatient with problems too long unsolved and too often compounded by bad

laws and bureaucratic failings.

The Congress turns in 1966, as in the past, to its part in the always

unfinished task of making America united, strong, and free.

These goals in their present setting point particularly to three types

of problems in d~mestic policy: how to increase jobs and output without

inflation; how to move ahead toward equality for all citizens; and how to im.prove

government and its services.

While there are courses of action that strike at each of these problems,

there is a common remedy that affects all three: Education.

-- The problem of unemployment is particu~rly the problem of the young,

inexperienced, unskilled person of inadequate schooling.

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More and better schooling will reduce racial tensions and speed the

Negro's economic and social progress.

-- Improved education will help to solve the problems of goverment by enlightening both the electors and the elected.

We believe every youth must be encouraged to pursue his education as far as his talents will take him.

Drop-outs must be encouraged to go baGk to school for an education or training to fit their ability.

Curricula must be enriched.

People already working should be given the chance to retrain and upgrade their skills and earning power.

Vocational Rehabilitation for the handicapped must be expanded.

This cannot, and should not, be done by the Federal government alone.

But, there is much that the national government can do to promote this effort without the heavy hand of federal control.

For example, the Congress should ease the financial burden of going to college.

The door of education must be opened wide.

Therefore, we propose a federal income tax credit for college students and their parents.

Compassion with Competence

We must liberate the War on Poverty from waste, controversy, and the bad odor of political bossism.

We must combine compassion with competence. This nation can afford what is necessary to help the less fortunate among us to help themselves.

The children of the poor must have the highest priority. How many of the poor have actually received any of the twenty-three hundred million taxpayers' dollars from the present War on Poverty? Tragically, very few.

The poor themselves must have an important role in policy decisions at the community level. The States should be partners in this War on Poverty.

It is time that the poverty fighters stopped fighting each other. -3-

Republicans will offer specific proposals to redirect this program to achieve its goals without waste, scandal and bureaucratic infighting. Without such changes, the good will fall with the bad under the fiscal pressures created by Vietnam and the massive new domestic spending programs.

America has long waged the most effective War on Poverty in history through the genius of private enterprise cooperating with government.

We urge the enactment of the Republican proposed Human Investment

Act to bring private enterprise more effectively to bear on the problem of creating productive jobs for the poor. Through a 7% tax credit, this measure will encourage business and labor to employ and train people with limited skills and education.

Executive Reform

The Executive Branch of the Federal government needs reform - not

Presidential repatching or piecemeal creation of new departments.

The proliferation of Federal programs, compounded by the mass production of laws in the last session of Congress, demands the attention of our people.

There are now 42 separate Federal agencies involved in education programs alone. There are at least 252 welfare programs today, including 52 separate

Federal economic aid program, 57 job training programs and 65 Federal programs to improve health. In the ten years since the second Hoover Commission made its report, during five Democratic-controlled Congresses, employees on the Federal payroll have increased 175,000 and Federal expenditures have increased by $57 billion.

The Executive branch has become a bureaucratic jungle. The time has come to explore its wild growth and cut it back.

We urge a new independent bipartisan Commission, patterned after the two distinguished Hoover Commissions, to recommend substantial reforms in the Executive branch of our government. -4-

Cost of Living

To achieve a healthy and steady economic growth there must be price stability. Today this national goal is seriously endangered by the threat of inflation. The Eisenhower dollar is now worth 90 cents.

The cost of living is 2 percent higher than it was a year ago. At the current level of consumer spending, this price rise is the equivalent of a secret sales tax that silently steals some $8 billion annually from the pockets of the

American people.

Inflationary policies of the President have a major impact on the cost of living. This Administration uses a double standard. With one hand it creates upward pressure on prices and with the other bludgeons workers and businessmen for responding to that pres sure. The real villain in this piece is the

Administration which will increase the cost of the Federal government by

$26 billion in a two-year period.

The most direct and effective weapon the National Government has to halt inflation is to curb Federal spending. This requires the President and the Congress to set priorities. It is imperative that the President in his budget classify his

spending proposals according to necessity and urgency. If he fails to do so, we call upon the Democrats in Congress to join us in eliminating, reducing

or deferring low priority items.

We learn now that expenditures in this fiscal year will be at least 8 billion dollars more than we were told a year ago. Congress and the people

have not been given a straight-forward and realistic assessment of our Federal

budget problems. Republicans intend to give the President's budget a searching

examination.

Whatever is needed-- really needed -- for national security must be

provided. Urgent domestic programs that truly help the needy, that contribute

to real economic growth, that significantly advance the cause of equal opportunity,

need not be sacrificed. Applying these tests, Republicans believe the $55 billion

which the President will propose for non-military spending can be and must be reduced. -5-

Taxes

How many Americans know that the laws passed last year, supposedly reducing taxes, actually impose a net increase in Federal taxes for 1966 of

$3-l/ 2 billion? The President now advocates additional tax burdens to finance added costs both at home and abroad. With prudent restraint on spending, we believe no new taxes are now needed.

Agriculture

The farm parity ratio in 1965 was below the level of five years ago.

At home, we seek a free and prosperous agriculture by encouraging the operation of a healthy market economy. We will continue to resist Administration efforts to artificially depress the market prices of farm commodities and to control the American farmers.

World population increases are adding a new dimension to the problems

of American agriculture and demand new thinking. For our overseas programs,

we urge the extension of Public Law 480, the Eisenhower Food for Peace program,

and we urge the enactment of legislation, already introduced by 65 Republicans

in the House, to establish a bi-partisan "U.S. - World Food Study and Coordinating

Commission," in order to begin immediately the vital task of closing the growing

"food gap" on our planet.

Political Reforms

We were surprised and pleased that the President touched on the subject

of reform of political campaigns and elections. His recommendations do not go

far enough.

Ways must be found to eliminate vote fraud, curb the cost of political

campaigns, and expand the franchise. Republicans will propose:

-- to guard against abuses in the raising and use of political funds;

-- to raise the ceiling on political expenditures to realistic levels;

-- to bar effectively political contributions from corporations and unions;

-- to require meaningful reporting of political contributions and expenditures. -6-

States of the Union

Our nation has thrived on the diversity and distribution of powers so wisely

embedded in the Constitution. The Administration believes in centralized authority, ignoring and bypassing and undermining State responsibilities in almost every law

that is passed. As a result, our constitutional structure is today in dangerous

disrepair. The States of the Union form a vital cornerstone of our Federal system,

and the headlong plunge toward centralization of power in Washington must be halted.

All of us here tonight salute the gallant fight of Senator Dirksen against ~ the repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act and for the Reapportionment

Amendment.

We urge Congress to enact a system of tax sharing, long advocated by Republicans,

to return to the States a fixed percentage of the personal income tax without

Federal controls. Funds from this source will lighten the load of local taxation,

spur solution of vexing urban problems, and revitalize programs in education,

health, and welfare at the local level.

Unemployment Compensation

Changes in the system of unemployment compensation are needed, particularly

to provide standby protection against the contingency of a substantial rise in the

number of workers without jobs. We support the constructive suggestions worked out

by the State Unemployment Compensation administrators to meet this problem. We

oppose the Administration's bill that would substitute Federal judgment for State

determination in matters such as standards and benefits in this program.

Civil Rights

Making real for all Americans the equality to which this nation is commited

remains an urgent national concern. Recent progress is encouraging, but not enough.

No citizen should be satisfied merely with the expectation of a better tomorrow.

It is only right to expect that the Constitution of the United States be put in force

everywhere now. -7-

The Congress has enacted four civil rights acts since 1957. There now is need to review these laws, and especially tighten those designed to prevent violence and intimidation of citizens who exercise their constitutional rights.

Hesitant administration of existing laws has made them less effective than they should be. The President has even failed to make the Community Relations

Service the effective instrument which Congress intended it to be. Leaderless for half of last year, shunted off to an ambiguous position in the wrong Federal agency, this potentially valuable Service has suffered from neglect.

Let us make it clear to all--there cannot be two kinds of justice, one f0r whites, another for Negroes.

--Nor can there be tolerance of riots, looting, violence, and disorder.

These impede the progress sought by the overwhelming majority of Americans.

The President's Challenge

Last week the President chided Americans who believe, as I do, that we cannot fight a war ten thousand miles away without setting priorities at home.

He asked: Whom will they sacl:'ifice? ••..•••• the poor?

Our answer is a resounding "NO!"

We will not sacrifice poor people.

We will sacrifice poor programs, poorly conceived and poorly carried out.

We will sacrifice poor administrators.

We will sacrifice poor arithmetic in public accounting.

Any sacrifices we call for, cannot be compared with those being made by

190 thousand Americans in Vietnam.

And what of the sacrifices of their families at home, who share inequally in the promises of the Great Society? We urge more adequate housing and benefits for our fighting men and their families. We urge a new GI bill of rights of veterans.

We will not sacrifice their future.

Nor will we sacrifice the future of millions of Americans whose lifetime

savings and modest pensions are being nibbled away by inflation. .-

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We are outnumbered two to one in this Congress.

But we will continue to speak out for the things in which we believe. We will

not sacrifice the ideals that make us Republicans.

We will never sacrifice the sacred right, and the sacred value to our country,

of loyal dissent.

This is our duty to all Americans.

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