Gerald Ford

This is a major step in one direction.

It is an act which is harmful even to those it purports to help.

My choice, then, is unavoidable; my responsibility clear.

I do so because, should this measure become law, it would be impossible for the United States to continue to play any meaningful role in assisting the parties to resolve the Cyprus dispute.

I plan to pass on to the Nation in a speech in Kansas City Tuesday evening.

Now, in a difficult period for all of you, it is a time to reflect on all that your city means to you.

And only your calm and thoughtful action now can guarantee that safety.

Forcing the general taxpayer to carry an unfair burden is not the only defect in this bill.

Today is a landmark day in that a man who served in the Congress and helped to write some of the laws is going to be the Administrator of the Veterans Administration.

Now is the time to simplify the benefit structure of the Railroad Retirement System, not make it more complex.

At a time when the taxpayer is already carrying the double burden of taxes and inflation, legislation such as this is most inappropriate.

There is no justification for singling out the railroads for special treatment.

We were not going to treat veterans as a number in a computer.

It is up to you, every one of you, every parent, child, to reject violence of any kind in your city.

We know he will do a first-class job.

We are counting on you.

The obligation is great, but the person who has been selected and confirmed I know will do the job.

This bill does not meet that need.

I think it is a tremendous step forward.

It is really the result of hard work by the Congress and, I think, good recommendations by the Administration.

Ministering to a hungry world would serve, in my judgment, as a very stimulating, a very enthusiastic call to any assembly of committed people.

We all yearn to feed the starving.

I attach special urgency to this effort and look forward to your support and cooperation.

Policymakers at the State and local level are most capable of making decisions which respond to the needs of the people.

It is essential that we present the Congress with a significant package of legislative and budgetary proposals that would allow us to reach our 1975 goal.