Gerald Ford actually said...

I was deeply impressed with the problems you and the City Council must face in the next few weeks in meeting the financial problems of the great City of New York.

Context

Letter to Mayor Abraham D. Beame Responding to New York City's Financial Assistance Request

05/13/1975

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