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KIS~INuER 1 S SOPHI~i1 FOREIGN POLICY HAS COINCiDED Sj ................ a~u • LJt'~tf~ul,. t •
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DEJENTE? I ·OFFER THEM WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE TRUTH, THAT RLL~OuR· SnILES; CONCESSIONS AND TOASTS OF DETENTE HRVE NOT·BROUGHT,:GENUINE Pt:'"·"',.. flll.
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FURTHER INFOR"RTION CONTACT· LYN NOFZINGER RERGRN FOR ~RESIDENT/ WASHINGTON D.C. PHONE
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This is a transcript of a "Viewpoint" program with
Ronald Reagan entitled "The Russian Wheat Deal" broadcast
over KGMI radio, Bellingham, Washington, Wednesday, October
22nd.
"The Russians want to buy American wheat and American
farmers want to sell their wheat and our anti-Communist
waterfront workers don't want to load the wheat on foreign
ships to carry it to Russia. American consumers with the
experience of the previous wheat sale and high food prices
in mind are alarmed.
Please don't think I am leading up to a pat answer
to all these questions. It just isn't that easy.
If we believe in a free market shouldn't our farmers
be allowed to sell their produce anywhere in the world for
the best price they can get? To not allow this is to sub-
sidize and make available to our own consumers low-priced
food at the expense of our own farmers. Not inconsistent of
with that philosophy, however, is that/our own interest in
our national security. If we
hostile to the Free World,and
maintaining a nuclear defense and continuing that in
then are we not adding to our own danger by helping the
troubled Soviet economy?
But isn't there also a moral issue? Are we not helping
the Godless tyranny maintain its hold on millions of helpless
people? Wouldn't those helpless victims have a better chance
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of becoming free if their slave masters collapsed economically?
One thing is certain. The threat of hunger to the Russian
people is due to the Russian obsession with military power.
Nothing proves the failure of Marxism more than the Soviet
inability to produce weapons for its military ambition and
at the same time provide for their peoples' everyday needs.
It only takes about 4% of our labor force to grow food
for 211 million Americans and provide 80% of all the food
shipped to the world's underdeveloped nations.
Fully one-third of the Russian workers are in agriculture
and still they starve without our wheat. And the failure
is not Russian, it is Communist. For every other country that
has collectiveized its agriculture has gone down hill in farm
production. Can America force the change to peaceful pursuits
on Russia by refusing to sell or would we have to persuade
the other Free Nations to do the same? Following such a course,
what would we do about our farmers and the surplus they have
on their hands. The whea~_Q_e<!l is _l>_E:'._!!_'=ficial to us economically.
Right now with economic troubles and balances of trade maybe
it benefits us enough to outweigh the tragic factors.
In other words, it strengthens us more than we'd be
benefitted by weakening them. But, the moral question in
the long run won't go away. The Soviet Union is an aggressor
and a threat to world peace. It can remain so only by deny-
ing its people freedom and the basic commodities that make
life worth living which we take for granted.
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The Russians have told us over and over again their
goal is to impose an incompetent and ridiculous system on
the world. We invest in armament to hold them off. But
what do we envision as the eventual outcome? Whether they
will see the fallacy of their way and give up their goal
or their system will collapse or/and we don't let ourselves
think of this. We'll have to use our weapon one day. Maybe
there is an answer. We simply do what's morally right.
Let their system collapse.
_But . in tJ1_e _ _E1_~~ n t_~_~_,___E_L\..Y_ ou ..!:_f~_r mer s wh e_a t ~~_:r:_s~ l_-y~~a_i:i~
have i~--~n hand to feed the Russian people when they finally
become free."
END OF TRANSCRIPT
;zi a transcript ~i ,, /
Reagan e ed "The Russi~6Wheat
have b en broa cast on w.lciuesday,
I'm here.
T~±$ is fer ~ttrposes of a tape recording at the
'' , /I - White Haase. This is a transcript of a "Vi-ewpf\t program
with Ronald Reagan entitled "The Russian Wheat Deal" broad-
cast over KGMR radio, Bellingham, Washington, Wednesday, rY
October 22nd (The Russians want to buy American wheat and
cv4-American farmers want to sell their wheat and our/Communist
waterfront workers don't want to load the wheat on foreign
ships to carry it to Russia. American consumers with the
experience of the previous wheat sale and high food prices
in mind are alarme~lease don't think I am leading up
to a pat answer to all these questions. It just isn't that
easy~ we believe in a free market shouldn't our farmers
be allowed to sell their produce anywhere in the world for
the best price they can get? To not allow this is to subsidize
and make available to our own consumers low- priced food
at the expense of our own farmers. Not inconsistent with
that philosophy
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of becoming free if their slave masters collapsed economically?
One thing is certain. The threat of hunger to the Russian
'~~ people is due to the Russian oppression with military power.
Nothing proves the failure of Marxism more than the Soviet
inability to produce weapons for its military ambition and
at the same time provide for their peoples' everyday needs.
It only takes about 4% of our labor force to grow
food for 211 million Americans and provide 80% of all the food
shipped to the world's underdeveloped nations.
Fully one-third of the Russian workers are in agriculture
and still they starve without our wheat. And the failure
is not Russia~it is Communist. For every other country that
has collectiveized its agriculture has gone down hill in
farm production. Can America force the change to peaceful
pursuits on Russia by refusing to sell or would we have to
persuade the other Free Nations to do the same? Following
such a course, what would we do about our farmers and the
surplus they have on their hands. The wheat deal is bene-
ficial to us economically. Right now with economic troubles
and balances of trade maybe it benefits us enough to outweigh
the tragic factors.
In other words, it strengthens us more than we'd be
benefitted by weakening them. But, the moral question in
the long run won't go away. The Soviet Union is an aggressor so
and a threat to world peace. It can remain/only by
its people freedom and the basic commodities that make 1
worth living which we take for granted.
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The Russians have told us over and over again their
goal is to impose an incompetent and ridiculous system on
the -world. We invest in armament to hold them off. But
what do we envision as the eventual outcome? Whether they
will see the fallacy of their way and give up their goal
or their system will collapse or/and we don't let ourselves
think of this. We'll have to use our weapon one day. Maybe
there is an answer. We simply do what's morally right.
Stop doing business with them. Let their system collapse.
But in the meantime, buy our farmers wheat ourselves and
have it on hand to feed the Russian people when they finally
become free."
END OF TRANSCRIPT
HARTMANN: What date was this broadcast?
Answer: This was broadcast on Wednesday, October 22, according
to the log at the radio station.
HARTMANN: What station?
Answer: KGMI
HARTMANN: In Seattle?
Answer: In Bellingham.
HARTMANN: Bellingham?
Answer: Uh Huh.
HARTMANN: This was while he was not a candidate but still
putting out broadcasts?
Answer: Uh Huh.
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HARTMANN: For which the stations paid?
Answer: That's Correct.
Yeah
And it's really that last sentence is what you are trying
to get at.
HARTMANN: Yeah. That was very good and I certainly do
appreciate getting this information.
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Xf;jY IMPORTt.
DICTATED TO PAT WICHSER OVER PHONE FROM THE FORD (BY ROB QUORTOL)
FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, 12/13/75 BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN DISCUSSING THE MORALITY OF GRAIN TO THE SOVIETS, RE/\GAN SAID : •
"v.OULD THEY, WITHOUT OUR HELP HAVE TO ABANDON ARMS BUILDING IN ORDER TO FEED THEIR PEOPLE OR FACE THE PO~SIBILITY OF .AN UPRISING .AND RE90LUTION BY A DESPERATE .AND HUNGRY POPULACE? IF THE .ANSWER TO THIS IS YES, THEN WE 'RE FACED WITH THE QUESTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND PURE MORAL PRINCIPIE. IF OUR DECISION IS ON THE SIDE OF MORALIT~ AND SECURITY, WE CANNOT ASK THE -FARI·~R TO BEAR THE FULL BURDEN . WE, .AS A NATION, V.OULD HAVE TO THINK OF HIS PRODUCE AS A PART OF NATIONAL DEFENSE .AND BE PREPftRED TO OFFER A MARKET FOR WHAT HE RAISES . PERHAPS IT COULD EVEN BE STORED FOR FUTURE SALE WHEN AND IF THE SOVIE~ UNION CHOSES REAL DETENTE .AND .ABANDONS trs BUILDUP OF OF'fi'ENSE WEAPONS ." -INTERVIEW IN 0¥:.AHA, NEB . WITH ~RLD HERALD, REAGAN .AGAIN RAISED QUESTION OF GRAIN 'ER.ADE WITH SOVIET UNION AND CHINA, S.A YING WE MUST CONTil\TUE TO EV.AW.ATE WHETHER WE .ARE AIDING THEM IN ENSUVING THEIR OWN PEOPLE AS WELL AS CAPI'IVE SATTELITE NATIONS~- HE WENT ON, IF THE U.S. EXPORTS .ARE STOPPED TO RUSSIA AND CH~NA, WE SHOULD NOT LET THE AMERIC.ANf_~M<E THE RAP. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT V.OULD HAVE TO RETURN TO A SYSTEM OF BUYI~ FARM SURPLUS.
~Q" ""<t.-STORY IN 1A . TIMES BY RICHARD BERGHOLZ , REAGAN :J:S REPORTED TO HAVE STATED TF...AT ANY LEVER WAS SUFFICIENT TO PRY THE RUSSIANS OUT OF ANGOLA, INCLUDING THE SAIE OF WHEAT . ALTHOUGH HE REVISED THE STATEMENT ONCE, HE THEN RETtJro."ED TO THE STAND THAT "ANY IEVElIS SPrFICIENT TO REMOVE THE RUSSI.ANS FROM INTERFERENCE IN ANGOLA." lN/'f'i .
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upon rea1 favors fro~ n~tiou [0 n~tion'-
huL Dt:!ten. te 's :;uc.c.e!&s or fa1lure vj 11 st:.1.ll loe ~~;;l!iured in terms· of
pot a d~f~usive fQ~ce. but ~ue d~signed for off~µ!&~~ --::a
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they ~u~L fur~go production of COn!iuaer goods ' ~v~n food for th~ir Oii
c~nnct prov1de gun s and butter.
liungry populacef If the ~usver to this
que !; tiC•il 1'}f p: t icrn.;J I" sei:Jvii t:y ~ud pure !::iOril J princi.£_1!!! .._ l f •• ~ ~' ~ ti; ---.A---
on the side of GOfality ~ad ~ecur!~y. v~ c:nnoC ask the r~ra~r r.o Lr~r !~ _ ..... :_ ... 1. ---full burt!~al.
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f~EAGAN ON HUSTINGS
Sr11aU · Vi~~ages, Smaller Crov1ds
JJY ItlCllAfiO BElt(~llOLZ Titncs. Pohlic•I Wntcr
\\'IJITI· FIJ.:t.l>. N.11.-lt WilS this 'kind or day for the < •·111'"'1.!:11111~~ Hon:ilcl Hcagan:
l"•">h111: a Ion~ the icy hi~hway north CIC Errol. (with 1% n ~i<t<r,..d \'\JlC'f~} in ~nowhrumd northrrn New Hamp·hirc. t:r.1i:111 'l"'llt'•I iivc' of his supporters· :c:l:rn1linr, in a ::r• ,, \i.1111.. aln11i: th•• highw,1y Wil\"111.C: three large £la1;S.
I h~ c-n•r•:.11 ai:c ~topper! on his c~1mni:in1I and he ex-• l1.1n~nl plcal'af\trics with Frances and Ho,;cmary Damm • ___ I .. L. -~- 1-!----•• "
lht h<' <lid 1101 c:;1_v how lh!' l,11.(' \\OtS gn111J! lo pir.k up Lill" r11.-l of rrogr.1111,; now hrm~ p;ud fnr w1lh rr1lc·ral fuml~.
I :11l 01 hrrs talked to Hc;11:an. prn ;1trly arvl 111 puhlic. ;rhlul the i!;~ur ~mu by the tm1r he reached llcrlin he hanclkd il this wav:
''I :un nol s1~~:::esli11~ th:1l ;i slalP. lhal has manai::rd to kC'ri> its crl'rlil ;is gon1I ;is youri>. ;incl TUil ;1<: rfflcirntl.v il!i your-., \\ ilhnul an inromc or a s;1lr.s ta~. shoulcl have an i11romi: or a sall'3 t:ix 11nposr.d nn 11." -
Thrn. al " l.1lrr C]ll1'3li•ln-J111l-answcr sr.:'S1011 with hie; owi1 i::upportrr:•. H1':i~;111 wJ:r:rst('fl th:it thr. fC'cleral r.o\·rrnmrnt mir,hl t r:m~Ccr crrt:iin of iL" rcvrnue·r;:iisin,:: powrrs-surh ;1..; rxci~c tax,..s-lQ lhc :c:t:ilC''.'. I le rlid not ~;1y th;1l thi,: woulcl mc:111 the? impo~1tio11 or a new lax in N<'w ll:tn•J ·~hi re_ . J11i·~ Anzofo q1;1c~tion cilso c~liiiurd lo J:i~f Rcaga~~ P.rftl•lf.m. • ... • ~n1i<'fJiforni~'. ~·ho f\:i~ f>rrn 1 :ik111.i; a hant.Ji11c :-:1anrc·
. W1tlrn11Hi>rtlUrlli1itfll ~;ilrs lo "C'\ rh1ll 11." \\'1tn \~ ~~i;m~.: w;ic; foltl 1?\f a K'll·~1l tclc11ls11.J11 rrnnrfrr ttlat tnP.
~j~i\fC)Jl $lid]fr. cJd!l'nl }l('llf:\.~ the Ill U.S..~a!'!- of wh£'at . tn f\,~ ~t':"t Jf;l!~n t~;ul1I h"' 11~n~t ~.!!"'..,, 1r..,~nr In rr..rr-1'1 C::.r\_
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 1, 1976
Mr. Hartmann;
Gwen called and said that Reagan has put out a position paper on farm policy and she will be getting a copy of it tomorrow.
Gail
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FROM:
SUBJECT:
February 2,
PETER KAYE
FRED SLIGHT
1976 RrJl-Ft.Y' r Pl-IS
Reagan's Statements on Grain Sales
I have received a considerable number of calls, especially from our Midwest people, in the last several weeks concerning Reagan's position or public statements on grain sales.
As best as I can determine, Reagan's comments have been generally vague and non-descript. When a small controversy arose over his flirtation with grain stockpiling, he. allegedly denied holding any such viev.-rpoint. In any event, here is a brief synopsis of what I have been able to dig up.
Case {fl
In his speech in Houston before the Southern Republican Leadership Conferenc~ .. Reagau discussed the morality of selling grain ·to the Soviet Union at a time when they continue to outspend the United States on annaments.
"Would they, without our help, have to abanddn arms building in order to f2ed their people or face the possibility of an uprising an revolution by a desperate and hungry populace? If the answer to thi is yes, then we are faced with a question of national security and pure moral principle. If our decision is on the side of morality and security, we cannot ask the farmer to bear the full burden. We, as a nation, would have to think of his produce as a part of nationa· defense and be prepared to offer a market for what he raises. Perha1 it could even be stored for future sale when and if the Soviet choose real detente and aba.ndons its buildup of offensive weapons. 11
Case #2
Reagan Speech Excerpt, Houston, Texas 12/13/75
In an interview in Omaha, Nebraska with a World-Herald newsman, Reaga ~gain raised the question of the United States grain trade with both the Soviet Union and Communist China. Reagan said that we should contil'l.ue 'to evaluate whether we are "aiding them in ell.slaving their own people" as well as captive satellite nations.
; 'Reagan went on to say that if U.S. agricultural exports are stopped to Russia and China, "we should not let the American farmer take the rap." The U.S. government would have to return to a system of buying farm surplus.
World Herald 12/3/75
Case f,1:3
According to a story in the L.A. Times by Richard Bergholz, Reagan stated that any lever was sufficient to pry the Russians out of Angola, including the sale of wheat. Although he revised this statement once, he then returned to the stand that "any lever is sufficient" to remove the Russians from interference in Angola.
cc: Bo Callaway Stu Spencer
Attachments
Los Angeles Times 1/7/76
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OF DETENTE UNTIL IT SEES THAT THE RHERICRN PEOPLE HRYE ELECTED R HEW · : PRESIDENT ANO APPOINTED A NEw SECRETARY OF STATE. . . . '.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: TIM AUSTIN
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' SUBJECT: Reagan Issue Statements
Attached for your inclusion in the President's Texas trip briefing book is the section entitled "REAGAN ON THE ISSUES." Also attached is a copy of an issue paper which Reagan's Florida campaign put out and which may serve as a guide for a similar piece in Texas.
For your additional information, I am providing below two excerpts from a speech which Reagan gave in Houston on December 13, 1975. Interestingly, the subject is party unity. The underlines are my own.
" ... our strength (GOP) because our sense of independence has allowed us to endure. We lose some battles, but come back to fight another day. Our weakness, because, as stron~ minded individuals, we have often refused t~_E_~_!l to et er to win the bi political battles we must win t.n
eep our peop e in ependent of a government t at co~inue~ to encroach on every facet of their lives.
"This time we (GOP) can give them a more positive reason for voting. We can prove if we are willing to take a high road that there is a difference between the parties and tnaf we will not dilute that_5i~fference for political expediency, we will not compromise our principles.
Attachments cc: Stu Spencer
Southern Republican Leadership Conference
Houston, Texas 12/13/75
• > .. REAGAN ON THE ISSUES
Ronald Reagan's issue emphasis in Texas is expected to follow the pattern he set in his March 31 nationally televised address. The major themes were: foreign policy; the growth of the Federal government; and national security. An underlying theme of both his televised speech and his campaign efforts in Texas is the quality of national leadership. His recent series of half-hour paid political advertisements bn local stations in Wisconsin have repeated themes from the national address and re-emphasized various aspects of these major areas of concern. In addition, Reagan is expected to increase his criticism of the Administration's energy policy, especially the President's signing of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975.
Energy
Reagan has repeatedly stated that he would have vetoed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, if he were President. His main objection to the Act center on three basic points.
1. Increased d~_ndence on foreign oil sources. "Tti.at bill will incrc..J.3C our vuh1erability Lv
ULc OPEC rnonopo ly, througl1 decreased domes tic production and increased dependence on imports of at least one million barrels a day."
"Ronald Reagan's Stand on the Issues" January 5, 1976
2. Disincentive for domestic production.
" ... it takes away any stimulant for the production of new sources of energy in this country."
"Issues and Answers" November 30, 1975
3. Failure to satisfy needs for energy conservation.
"Now, there is a need for conservation on the par.t of the people, but, reducing the price of gasolifie ... we have to recognize it is going to encourage further use of petroleum sources."
''Issues and Answers" November 30, 1975
Reagan is also opposed to the proposed $100 billion Energy Independence Authority, favoring instead irnnediate deregulation of the oil industry and adoption of a policy of "trusting the marketplace." This desire to relax all controls on the oil industry is the core of his energy position.
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"Business Week" February 9, 1976
In Abilene, Texas on Tuesday of this week, Reagan advocated the reinstatement of the depletion allowance tax breal~ for petroleum producers. He declined to make a specific recommendation on a depletion percentage. Reagan is quoted as having stated:
''It's an economic fairy tale that businesses pay taxes. Business taxes are passed on to individuals, Congress took a tax break from the oil industry and the people are pay inf;."
Foreign Policy
Ronald Reagan has accused the Ford Administration of having a foreign po 1 icy that is "wandering without aim". He has spec if ical ly cri ti-cized the following areas:
1. Angola
"We }?ave just enou'.:;h SU'.Jport to one side to t=>n0n11r::>'.:': 0
it to fight and die but too little to give them a chance of winning. Now we're disliked by the winner, distrusted by the loser, and viewed by the world as weak and unsure."
2. Detente
National Television Address March 31, 1976
"If detente were a two-way street it's supposed to be, we could have told the Soviet Union to stop its troublemaking and leave Angola to the Angolans."
3. P anara;J Cana 1
National Television Address March 31, 1976
"The Canal Zone is not a colonial possession. It is-.. ... sovereign U.S. territory every bit the same as Alaska
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the Gcnc·r.'.11: 'h'e bought it, we p0id for it, we built it and we in tend to keep it·~ '"
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"Once again--what is their (Ford Administration) policy? During this last year, they carried on a campaign to befriend Castro. They persuaded the Organization of American States to lift its trade embargo, lifted some U.S. trade restrict~ons, they engaged in cultural exchanges. And then, on the eve of the Florida primary election, Mr. Ford went to Florida, called Castro an outlaw, and said h~'d never recognize him. But he hasn't asked our Lat · n ArnE.~r i can neighbors to re· p se a single sanction, nor has he taken any act·on l l · G.
5. Captive Nations
National Television Address March 31, 1976
" ... why Mr. Ford traveled halfway 'round the world to sign the Helsinki P ct, putting our stamp of approval on Russia's enslavement of captive nations? We gave away the freedom of millions of people ... freedom that was not ours to give."
6. Secretary Kissinger
National Television AdnrP~s March 31, 1976
"Dr. Kissinger is quoted as saying that he thinks of the U.S. as 'Athens and the Sovie Union as Sparta. The day of the U.S. is past and today is the day of the Soviet Union. 1 And he added, 'My job is to negotiate the most acceptable second-best position available.'"
National Television Address March 31, 1976
National Security
Reagan has repeatedly asserted that the United States is seeGR'd' to the Soviet Union in terms of mi tary capability:
"Th~ Soviet. Army putnurnp.er$ 9urs more than t.wo- tq--.one irt ·reserves four-t·o-orte. They outspend us on weapo s ·soio. 1h ·,.....a y out-n rs o s s1 ce sh· marines wo-to o e. W a outgunn din artil.ery: hr,e-~Q
_; 9~~. ·tti~ir, ;st-r~t.e,&.~~: nucie§..t" .iniss'iLe~: .ar¢ ·l.~:p~~·i;-_,,. :ir!pr:f,i''. :. · '.-f ···:·powerful and more 'l'ramerous than ours. The evidence mounts
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Reagan has also criticized the Federal government as being too big, having too many harassing regulations, and being unresponsive to the real needs of the American people. Among the more specific topics he will continue to at tac~ Lre:
1. National debt
"It took this nntiori 1...66 years--until the middle of World W°["r 11--to finctllv o.cctm Al te a deb~ of $CJ) bi.Llinn. It ~ook t:hi~ a..ir .• i:.i~t a:ion jus+- the last twelve ~onths to add $95 billion to the debt. And this ac!ni.nist rat ion has run almc1st. onc>-fourth ot our total national debt in just these short nineteen months. 11
2. Inflation
National Television Address March 31, 1976
"Unless those in Washington finally learn that it (inflation) is a result of governrr.~ nt spending more than it takes in, Wt.:. will never defeat this vlcious
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3. Government Interference
Reagan Campaign Mailing November 20, 1975
"Washington has taken over functions that don't truly belong to it. In almost every case it has been a failure. Understand, I 1 m spPaking of those programs which logically should be adrJini:.:>~E'red at state and local levels." (Reagan has most frequently referred to law enforcement, education and job training, commer ._. FOf4 and transportation, revenue sharing, health, and inco ',: ~ security programs as those best run on a state and lo~l o:i
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National Television Address March 31, 1976
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~eagan Tries Not to SeenfTriQger Map.py irfAtt~cki11g f 9rd o~ P~nanl~.Canal, Cuba . . :~ ·.~ . /: .<;-~\,;,.l.,· .. ~_;' ' ~' .· .· .. .'"' ... !'~· .tit.~.: • ·• ·./" ·~·'. .. ·~~ .... \ .. · .• ·• .. ·"'-: ~· .,· _; ~-;.· ..•. • \: /, .. ,. :
·' . 1'Y KENNETH REICH . .. .. : Asked what he would do if he were in Ford's spot, Rea- . Tin1es P01itka1 writer ' ~· . . . gan says he might impose a quarantine on Cuba. But
1 • SA v ANNAH, Ga.--At every stOp these days as Ronald when he explains what pe mea,ns by quarantine it turns' Reagan carries his campaign against President Ford . out to· be nothing more than a trade embargo that the .
! through the South and West, he spends more time on the ·United States would seek to get Canada, Latin American · . i Panama Canal than on any other subject. . . , nations and W ~tern European nations to go along with. · 1 • Wednesday, in every speech and television appearance · The United States currenUy ~ a ·trade embargo i , as he campaigned in Macon, Augusta and Savannah for against Cuba,. although it· has been rela.Xed for soni;.e '}lro- ·
the )lay 4 Georgia primary, Reagan charged that Ford ducts, ~as ,Pharmaceuf:icalL , · . · , ; •. ·. · : had opened_ a .credi~ility gap·J:>y: not 11tellin~ the Ameri<:all . Arid Reagan d~'t close the door 6n ev~tual smooth- ,
1 people of ~~ mtention to negotiate the giveaway of the .. ing of relations with Castro either, although he says eas.. i canal~ until 1.t. was revealed by the rel·ease. of secret~ ·. tro's regime must first change its policies.. ' .. '.- · .. I gressionsl testim_<>ny. . . . • ~', . ' . · · • ··::. · ,~. ' Similarily. Wednesday, on U.S. relations .witll .IJ!il'Ql · ~ In short. the canal has become Reagan's No. 1 lllusb.-.. . Vietnam. Reagan ripped into Ford far. what Ile tenned ~ 11
'lion of what he charges are J'.'ord's weaknesses and lack of ."ouf w1111npem ta negotiate tbe matter of dlplmlatfe n- I' candor in foreign policy. ' . · :- • < · · · · ·· r , . lationl and normalization. of tn.de "and travel with t1:ie I
I : But in Albuquerque, N.M., TUesday night, aoo in Au- Oaminurii.tt reaiQle,in ~- . -;· i . . ·1 : , ~Wednesday, Re~an. was.asked whether-as For~ . ,··*Why should~e gQ 1iat in ~an(( to glve.~frri·a malc' · · had su~~ested the Californian would do-he would break ....... 11+iM1 .n,..,_,.,,. n,. :i~ll'f>tt. . · • · . ~
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· · ··It wasn~t ~ tuniiy ;_ M -r. \ N esse.n.··./ -.. -·: ... . I~~~ ~~~ near\Y' ·i · ~~k ··'since white · ·be brushed ~ff-as. the kind or' h~mor. that
· House press. secref.ary, Ron Nessen dis- . must be accepted. . - · . . :· · . · .... · graced . himself by· appearing-along The · President ·and Mrs. · Ford have with a goOd deal of obscene humor-on ·tried .to conceal any embarrassm~.
· NBC's "Saturcfay Night" progr~m. And partly no doubt· because Mr. Ford hint ' .. we've yet to s_ee even an effort to ex- self contn"buted._to· the,program·in the
cuse it.. . ·. ., . . ... ~ · - form o_f taped me8sag~ and presum"ably · • , · 1 • · ' • · · · authorized Mr •. Nessen's appearance. · . It 1sn t that the While House should be Mr. Ford should have been more care-
