Gerald Ford

The responsible apportionment of congressional appropriations and other Federal budget authority is an essential--though often controversial--element of budget execution.

I need your strong assistance in supporting this first critical step.

Gaining congressional support for the items contained in this transmittal... is absolutely vital if we are to make any headway against inflation by controlling Federal expenditures.

Budgetary restraint remains a crucial factor in our efforts to bring inflation under control.

I know I can count on you to work closely with the Congress in order to gain the necessary acceptance of the deferrals and rescissions I propose today and in the future.

These actions, by themselves, will not be enough.

It is hereby ordered that any return... shall be delivered to or open to inspection by the President only upon written request signed by the President personally.

I have informed the Chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission of my determination to keep the Federal career service just that--a career service in which men and women can be accepted in the first place on their ability and…

Current economic conditions require extra care to assure that Federal spending is held to the minimum levels necessary.

It can continue to function and move ahead even under the most difficult circumstances.

Appointments and promotions in the career service must not be made on the basis of either politics, race, creed or sex.

This Government must set an example of fiscal restraint for the people of America and the world.

The United States also took an active participation in the preparation for the first United Nations Conference on World Population.

I believe that this Protocol strengthens the ABM Treaty and will, as an integral part of the Treaty, contribute to the reduction of international tension and a more secure and peaceful world in which the security of the United States is…

Stan Parris has done a great job, and I surely hope he is reelected.

I am pleased to send to the Congress the 28th annual report on United States participation in the work of the United Nations.

I transmit herewith the Protocol to the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems.

I urge representatives of business, industry, labor, Government, civic groups, and other citizens to continue to join together to demonstrate the significant results that can be realized when Americans translate their concern into…

This Protocol represents a further advance in the stabilization of the strategic relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Stan is a first-class Member of the House of Representatives.

I was impressed with Stan's willingness to look at an issue and to decide it on its merits.

I think the State of Virginia is lucky to have him as a Governor.

Our participation in the United Nations reflects our fundamental belief that to assure a peaceful world it is necessary to cooperate with other nations in a multilateral framework on mutually agreed upon activities.

The record shows that there has been almost no compliance with these humanitarian provisions.

There should be no political or military controversy about this humanitarian problem.