Gerald Ford

I believe this program gave all Americans a better appreciation of how powerful the forces of inflation are in our economy.

The United States will have lost its negotiating flexibility and influence.

Federal employees, like all other citizens, are suffering financially from the current high level of inflation.

All mandatory wage and price controls have been lifted, except for those on petroleum which have been mandated separately by the Congress.

I have determined that Federal employees will receive a pay hike of that amount.

It thus hurts the very countries and objectives it purports to help.

To depart from past practice by use of a special survey to support a higher increase than can be justified by normal methods does not seem to me to be the right thing to do at this time.

I deeply appreciate the constructive efforts of the Democratic and Republican leadership in both the Senate and House of Representatives in their support for an amendment which would assist the diplomatic efforts of Secretary Kissinger in…

Approval of the continuing resolution, containing the Eagleton amendment or similar language, would destroy any hope for the success of the initiatives the United States has already taken or may take in the future to contribute to a just…

I can, however, accept, and indeed endorse, the language relating to military assistance to Turkey contained in the continuing resolution as reported to the full Senate by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Committee.

There is hereby established the President's Labor-Management Committee.

We want solutions which serve very broad interests, rather than narrow, self-serving ones.

We in America want more cooperation, not more isolation.

The Committee shall encourage the establishment of labor-management committees in particular sectors or industries as may be appropriate.

We in America want growth, not stagnation.

We in America want price stability, not inflation.

We in America want more trade, not protectionism.

I do hereby proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands owned or controlled by the United States within the following described lands are hereby added to and made a part of the Cabrillo National Monument.

This is not the end, but it is the beginning of a battle against inflation and waste which will not end until it is won.

The head of each agency shall, after consultation with representatives of the employees thereof, establish and maintain an occupational safety and health program meeting the requirements of section 19 of the Occupational Safety and Health…

Little things that become habits-they do become habits.

A fundamental fact of human history is precisely this: Nations which cannot impose on themselves a disciplined management of their fiscal and monetary affairs are doomed to economic disorder and widespread inflation.

I urge them, as I know they will, to join with all of us in a great effort to become inflation fighters and energy savers.

I will roll up my sleeves and work every bit as hard as you do, starting this weekend, until every American is enlisted as an inflation fighter and as an energy saver.