Gerald Ford actually said...

I AM withholding my approval from S. 425, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1974.

This is directly contrary to the objectives of the trade bill which the Congress has just passed.

In sum, I find that the adverse impact of this bill on our domestic coal production is unacceptable at a time when the Nation can ill afford...

The United States uses the equivalent of 4 barrels of expensive foreign oil for every ton of unproduced domestic coal--a situation which can...