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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 8, 1975

Therefore, I am transmitting to you a draft bill entitled 'To reestablish the period within which the President may transmit to the Congress plans for the reorganization of agencies of the Executive Branch of the Government, and for other…

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 8, 1975

Therefore, I urge prompt action by the Congress to extend this authority and renew the usefulness of this statute as a tool of good government.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 8, 1975

EFFECTIVE management of the Executive Branch requires adaptability to changing circumstances and problems.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 8, 1975

The Council on Wage and Price Stability has helped to obtain the voluntary cooperation of labor and management in these efforts.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 8, 1975

I urge that this Reorganization Plan authority again be extended for a four-year period.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 7, 1975

I am deeply appreciative of what each of you has contributed toward making that slogan a reality.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 7, 1975

You, by your own contributions, can help others achieve what you have achieved by work, and that makes America work.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 7, 1975

We have not eliminated them all. Some still remain—barriers of poverty, ignorance, prejudice, just to mention a few.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 7, 1975

The key to the American success story, as I see it for nearly 200 years now, has been a single word, and we should emphasize it and reemphasize it—opportunity.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 7, 1975

I am convinced that my prediction of last summer was one of the most accurate I could have made.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 7, 1975

Your objective is a very simple one: to place veterans, the handicapped, and the disadvantaged people in private sector jobs where they have the greatest opportunity to do for themselves.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 7, 1975

It is a great privilege and pleasure to welcome you all to this White House reception.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 7, 1975

It really is a tribute to the free enterprise system and the people who are deeply involved in it.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 3, 1975

The Bay Area now offers the world an international center that represents the best of what Americans can do.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Apr 3, 1975

This task can be met only by reducing vulnerability to weaknesses in our economy and energy capacities.

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