Gerald Ford actually said...

I feel very strongly that the first debate should come a day or two after Labor Day.

I am advising the Congress that failure to take the necessary remedial actions will result in a revised 1977 estimate for National Defense o...

I must request a supplemental authorization of $759 million for programs which are urgently needed.

I urge the Congress to take the necessary actions I have proposed in order to achieve real economies in the national defense program.