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Ford Presidential Library GOP FUNDRA ISER CLEVELAND, OH 10 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1974 BEFORE I BEG IN, I WANT TO EXTEND MY SINCERE THANKS TO • VIRGINIA COY FOR CREATING THIS MARVELOUS BUnON FOR TONIGHT. IT SAYS: "PRES IDENT GERALD R. FORD -- MODEL A-I FORD!".. THAT'S VERY KIND. BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER THE MODEL A FORD, IT WAS BRAND-NEW\ ESONOMIC~L,~EPENDAB.!-E.~NCDMPIICATED. AND IT GOT US TO WHERE WE WANTED TO GO. AND THAI' S EXACTLY- THE KIND OF FORD I WANT TO BE! • I - 2 ­ VIRG IN IA AND FRANK COY, LET ME THANK YOU FOR TH IS -------'-' -­ WONDERFUL TR I BUTE. I WAPJf ),'8~ 1=9 I~PdBW TI-IAi 11M NO STRANGER TO THE STATE OF OA10. IN FACT, I WAS HERE IN CLEVELAND JUST A FEW - , MONTHS AGO TO GIVE A SPEECH AT TH IS VERY SAME HOTEL. NOW I KNOW THAT YOU OH lOANS HAVE A REPUTATION FOR BEING HONEST AND DIRECT -­ BUT I NEVER KNEW JUST HOW HONEST AND DIRECT UNTIL THAT VISIT • • / - 3 ­ WELL, I GAVE MY LITTLE TALK AI\ID THEN I WAS TAKEN TO A RECEPT ION IN ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY. AI\ID AT THE RECEPT ION A SWEET LITTLE GRANDMOTHER CAME UP TO ME, PUT A GLOVED HAND INTO MINE, AND SAID, "I HEARD YOU GAVE A SPEECH HERE TONIGHT." AND TRYING TO BE A LITTLE MODEST, I SAID, "OH -- IT WAS I\IOTHING." AND SHE SA ID, "YES, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I HEARD." • • - 4 ­ YOU KNOW, /T WAS SUCH A WARM, PERSONAL TOUCH FOR BUD HUMPHREY TO INTRODUCE ME TON IGHT. BUD WAS A QUARTERBACK ~. L .,ktt:... ON THE YALE FOOTBALL TEAM WH ILE I WAS THE LI NE COACH _. A AND BELIEVE ME, BUD ft£ALl!¥ WAS ONE OF YALE'S BR IGHTEST STARS. 'ki;lJl7liJr~L-~ ~ ....". ,J,..L~ Ard8 AS I LlSTEPJEQ TQ UIS 'lJQRQ~ TQ~le"T, /T'S EVIDENT HE STILL ",.,.It{ KNOWS HOW TO CARRY THE BALL! • - 5 ­ THEN AGA IN, OH 10 REPUBLICANS HAVE ALWAYS HAD A REPUTAT ION FOR CARRY ING THE BALL AND WI NN ING. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT OH lOIS REPUBLICAN TEAM IN THE CONGRESS. YOU JUST CANIT ARGUE WITH THE SCOREBOARD! AND COME NOVEMBER 5TH, WE'RE GO ING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY! • - 6 ­ I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ,PROSPECTS ARE GOOD FOR CHANGES IN THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN COLUMBUS. I KNOW SOME ~EOPLE IN OH 10 ARE TRY ING TO COUNT /tk: A. W-or/J,. L,..,. J 1M RHODES OUT. I COUNT H1M IN. AND I KNOW YOU CAN COUNT ON H1M AS YOUR NEXT GOVERNOR. CAND IDATES WITH PROVEN EXPER IENCE IN CONDUCT ING THE ,t:,.. fk;l.... + J~ jJ.t, "t.4,/ AFFAIRS OF THE PUBLIC ARE FAR TOO SCARCE. YOU MIGHT SAY THAT 1 J 1M RHODES IS THE CORNELIUS GREEN OF POLITICS. ~ALSO KNOWS HOW TO CARRY THE BALL AND SCORE! • - 7 ­ RALPH PERKp IS ANOTHER GREAT TEAM PLAYER WHO DESERVES TO BE ELECTED THE NEXT UN /TED STATES SENATOR FROM TH IS STATE. AS AN OUTSTAND ING MAYOR, HE.w ILL BE AN EQUALLY OUTSTAND ING SENATOR. I URGE YOU TO SEND H1M TO WASH INGTON TO HELP ME IN THE BIGGEST ECONOMIC BATrLE WE HAVE EVER WAGED IN THIS COUNTRY -- THE ONE AGAINST PUBLIC ENEMY NO. I. • - 8 ­ OHIO HAS CONSISTENTLY DONE ITS PART IN PROVIDING THE NATION WITH EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE CONGRESS, WITH DEDICATED, HARD-WORKING AND HONEST LEGISLATORS -- THE KIND WHO WILL VOTE I~ WASHINGTON LIKE THEY TALK IN OHIO • • - 9 ­ I KNOW RALPH PER K WILL FOLLOW IN TH IS TRAD IT ION. IN FACT, I WISH THERE WERE A CHAMBERFUL OF SENATORS LI KE HIM • AND LIKE BOB TAFT IN WASHINGTON. BOB CONTINUES THE MAGNIFICENT TRADITION OF HIS GREAT OHIO FAMILY1tNQ\t. NEED MORE LIKE HIM., • - 10 ­ 1W ISH WE HAD A HOUSEFUL OF CONGRESSMEN LI KE CHUCK MOSHER.. OF OBERLIN AND BILL STANTON.. OF PAINESVILLE, WHO ARE WITH US HERE TONIGHT, AND LIKE MY OTHER OlJ.TSTAND ING FORMER COLLEAGUES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -- DEL LATTA, DAM DEVINE, DON- CLANCY, JOHN ASH BROOK, BILL HARSHA, BUD BROWN, CHUC K WHALEN, CHALMERS WYLIE, CLARENCE MILLER,- RALPH REGULA AND TENNY GUYER. p • - II ­ I URGE YOU TO ALSO ELECT YOUR FOUR REPUBLICAN CHALLENGERS FOR CONGRESS FROM TH I S AREA -- ALL OF WHOM WILL BE WELCOME ADD /T IONS TO THE NAT IDN'S CAP /TAL. LET'S SEND GEORGE MASTICS, BILL FRANZ, BILL MACK AND BOB FRANTZ TO WASHINGTON p ALONG WITH THE OTHER GOOD REPUBLICANS RUNNING FOR THE U. S. HOUSE ACROSS THE STATE • • - 12 ­ THE BATTLE FOR THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS A TIGHT- OI~E.--- I AM ADVISED WE HAVE A GOOD CHAI~GE TO WIN THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTAT IVES AND TO PRrSERVE AND EVEN INCREASE OUR MAJOR ITY IN THE STATE SENATE. WE CAN DO IT BY RE-ELECTING SUCH EFFECTIVE CLEVELAND AREA SENATORS AS TOM CORTS (CORTZ), PAUL MAT IA (MAH-T IA) p AI~D CHARLIE BOLTON, THE SOI~ AND GRANDSON OF MY DEAR FR lENDS AND FORMER COLLEAGUES, THE LATE OLLIE BOLTON AND MRS. FRANCES BOLTON • • - 13 ­ THESE ARE OH lOANS WHO ARE RESPOI\JS IVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE PUBLIC. THEY ARE THE KIND OF PROBLEM-SOLVERS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS PROUD TO SUPPORT AND WORK TO ELECT. I YRbk YQY TO DO set I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE LATELY BEEN SAYING THAT MY SPEECHES ARE GETTING PARTISAN -- THAT I AM USING THE WORD "REPUBLICAN." WELL, THEY ARE RIGHT! • - 14 ­ 1ADMITTO BEING RELATIVELY RESTRAINED SO FAR INTHIS CAMPAIGN. "THERE IS, HOWEV€R, A LIMIT AT WH ICH FOREBEARANCE CEASES TO BE A VIRTUE," AS THE GREAT ENGLISH PARLIAMENTAR IAI\J -# EDMUND BURKE ONCE OBSERVED. WE ARE NOW CLOSE TO THAT POINT • • - 15 ­ I WANT THE VOTING PUBLIC TO KNOW PRECISELY WHAT I AM SAYING SO THERE IS NO DANGER OF MISUNDERSTAND ING. THE MESSAGE IS THIS: I~IFLATION IS THE CHiEf PROBLEM WE FACE II~ THIS COUNTRY AI~D.... THROUGHOUT THE FREE WORLD. BUT RI SING PR ICES /\PJ8 IPJT~~ES; - - ~ ----- p" RA+a~ IN AMERICA WILL NOT BE STOPPED BY A FREE-SPENDING CONGRESS • • - 16 ­ TH I S COI~GRESS I S CONTROLLED BY THE DEMOCRAT IC PARTY -- AND HAS BEEN FOR 38 OUT OF THE LAST 42 YEARS AND FOR THE PAST 20 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. NOW SOME ELEMENTS IN THE DEMOCRAT IC PARTY SEEM TO SEEK MORE THAN MAJOR ITY CONTROL. THEY WANT DOWNR IGHT DOM II~AT ION. THEY --------~? , WANT -- AI~D HAVE SAID SO OPENLY -- TO ELECT A IIVETO-PROOF COI~GRESSII -­ E ONE WH ICH HAS THE OVERWHELM ING NUMBERS TO OVERR IDE ANY PRES IDENTIAL VETO. IN MY VIEW, THAT WOULD BE TANTAMOUNT TO A LEGISLATIVE DICTATORSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY • • • - 17 ­ IF THAT HAPPENS, LAD IES AND GENTLEMEN, BUCKLE YOUR SEAT BELTS -- IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE INFLATION RATE LOOK LIKE IT'S TlED TO THE MOON SHOT. A RECENT GALLUP POLL IND ICATES THAT A MAJOR ITY OF THE AMER ICAN PEOPLE BLAME BIG-GOVERNMENT SPEND ING FOR THE RAMPANT • - 18 ­ IF THAT BE TRUE, I AM CHALLENG ING THE AMER ICAI~ PEOPLE TONIGHT TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE I R BELIEF -- TO MAKE THE I R VOTES CONS ISTENT WITH THE I R V IEWs., TO ELECT TO THE CONGRESS MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE COMMITTED TO CLiRBII~G FEDERAL SPEND ING AI~D TO CHECKING INFLATION • • - 19 ­ TO QUOTE EDMUND BURKE AGAIN: "THE ONLY TH ING NECESSARY FOR THE TR IUMPH OF EV IL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO I~OTHING.·" THAT SAYII~G APPLIES TO THE ELECTORATE IN GENERAL AND TO REPUBLICANS 'IN PARTICULAR • • - 20 ­ THE WORD I S OUT -- IT HAS EVEN REACHED WASH INGTON -­ OH 10 REPUBLICANS ARE NOT GO ING TO VOTE TH IS YEAR. THEY ARE TURNED OFF BY POLITICS. THEY ARE GOING TO SIT THIS ONE OUT. I FRANKLY DO NOT BELIEVE IT. THAT KIND OF AN ATiiTUDE\ IS AKIN TO SETTING FIRE TO YOUR HOUSE TO KEEP WARM., • - 21 ­ I CALL ON REPUBLICANS IN OH 10 AND IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY TO TURN OUT TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 5TH LIKE YOU I~EVER HAVE BEFORE. CONFOUND THE DOOM SAYERS. FOOL THE PESS 1M 1ST IC ~ , POLLSTERS., • - 22 ­ I ALSO URGE YOU TO WOR K AS YOU NEVER HAVE BEFORE FOR THE CAND IDATES YOU BELIEVE IN. WORK ON THOSE THOUGHTFUL CZ4 INDEPE~IDENTS AND WISE DEMOCRATS WHO BELIEVE AS YOU DO OR ARE AT • LEAST SUFFICIENTLY OPEN TO BE CONVINCED. WORK AT PRESERVING THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY WHICH HAS HELPED PROVIDE US WITH NEARLY TWO CENTUR IES OF FREEDOM AND STAB ILiTY UNLI KE ANyrH ING SEEN ON TH I S EARTH BEFORE • • - 23 ­ WITHOUT QUEST ION, APATHY- , I S THE CH IEF V IlLA IN IN THE AMER ICAN POLJT ICAl SCENE.