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PRESERVE, PROTECT AND DEFEND -- >> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES -- >>
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THE CONSTITUTION
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OF THE UNITED STATES. >> SO HELP ME GOD. >> SO HELP ME
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GOD. >> FOR A SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR, POLITICAL SCANDAL DICTATED THE
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FATE OF GERALD R. FORD. IN
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OCTOBER 1973, PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON HAD APPOINTED HIM VICE PRESIDENT
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FOLLOWING SPIRO AGNEW'S RESIGNATION. ON
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AUGUST 9, 1974, THE NATION AGAIN TURNED TO
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FORD TO RESTORE
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THEIR FAITH IN
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GOVERNMENT. LESLIE LYNCH KING, JR. WAS BORN ON JULY 14, 1913 IN AUM WHAT, NEBRASKA. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, HIS MOTHER DOROTHY, FEARFUL OF HER ABUSIVE...
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GOOD EVENING FROM THE FORD FORD -- GERALD R. FORD MUSEUM IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE 38th PRESIDENT,...
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AND REPRESENTED THIS CITY FOR 25 YEARS BEFORE BECOMING VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT ON THE RESIGNATION OF RICHARD NIXON. JOINING US AT A REPLICA OF...
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NIXON LEFT. NUMBER ONE, YOU HAD A CATASTROPHIC ECONOMIC SITUATION. INFLATION WAS UP, UNEMPLOYMENT WAS UP, INTEREST RATES WERE UP. THERE WAS A TERRIBLE...
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AT FILLING STATIONS. NUMBER TWO,, THE COLD WAR WAS ALMOST AT ITS PEAK. ARMED AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE FACING ARMED RUSSIAN SOLDIERS, THROUGH MUCH OF...
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IS THE AUTHOR OF "TIME AND CHANCE, GERALD FORD'S APPOINTMENT WITH HISTORY." IN THE BIOGRAPHY VIGNETTE WE SAW AT THE BEGINNING, TALK ABOUT HOW HE WAS FIRST...
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DENVER, WHERE HE WAS FROM, AND LIVED AT FIRST WITH HER PARENTS. BUT HE WAS SO ABUSIVE THAT SHE LEFT, WENT HOME TO HER PARENTS PO LIVED IN ILLINOIS....
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QUICKLY --
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WELL, THEY WENT TOGETHER ABOUT A YEAR, I THINK, BEFORE THEY WERE THEN MARRIED IN THAT SAME CHURCH. AND THIS YOUNG CHILD, WHO WAS THEN ABOUT TWO, TWO...
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CONGRESS? >> THANKS FOR THE CALL. >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SPONSORING THE BILL. BUT I WOULD TELL YOU WHY THAT NIXON PICKED GERALD FORD. HE PICKED GERALD...
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WAS HIS ONLY CHOICE. HE HAD -- NIXON ORIGINALLY WANTED JOHN CONLEY, BUT JOHN CONLEY HAD JUST TURNED REPUBLICAN AND THE DEMOCRATS AND
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REPUBLICANS ON THE HILL MADE IT PLAIN TO NIXON THAT THEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM
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JOHN CONLEY FOR VICE PRESIDENT. NIXON HAD ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITHOUT PICKING ANOTHER FIGHT WITH CONGRESS. SO WHAT NIXON DID WAS INVITE MIKE MANSFIELD AND...
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THE WARREN COMMISSION, FINDING OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY WHICH TODAY MARKS THAT ANNIVERSARY AND AS WELL AS CLEANING...
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NIXON BUT HE ALSO GAVE AMNESTY TO THE DRAFT DODGERS TO TRY TO HEAL THE COUNTRY AND AT THE SAME TIME HE TRIED TO HELP THE ECONOMY AND IN A VERY SHORT...
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GOOD EVENING, LEW. >> TELL US WHERE YOU ARE IN THE MUSEUM. >> WE'RE IN THE FORD PAINT AND VARNISH COMPANY, ACTUALLY A RECREATION OF THE BUSINESS THAT...
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WALL STREET CRASH IN 1929. IN THE COURSE OF THE DEPRESSION THAT FOLLOWED, THE FORDS LOST THEIR HOME, HAD TO MOVE INTO A LESS POSH
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NEIGHBORHOOD, IF YOU WILL, IN GRAND RAPIDS.
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BUT MR. FORD, SR. WAS
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DETERMINED NONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES WERE GO TO LOSE THEIR JOBS AND THEY DIDN'T. THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING ABOUT FORD FAMILY VALUES. WHEN WE WERE REDESIGNING...
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HERO, ARTHUR VANDENBERG, WHO IS ALSO FROM GRAND RAPIDS. HE BECAME A CONFIRMED INTERNATIONALIST.
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HE RUNS FOR CONGRESS IN 1948 AS A REBEL AGAINST AN ENTRENCHED ISOLATIONIST REPUBLICAN WHO THOUGHT THE WORD ENDED AT THE MICHIGAN-INDIANA LINE AND TO...
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WHAT'S THE MOST INFLUENTIAL THING GERALD FORD DID DURING HIS PRESIDENCY? >> THANKS FOR THE CALL. >> THE MOST INFLUENTIAL THING HE DID WAS VERY SIMPLY...
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ONLY BY
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RICHARD NIXON AND WATERGATE, BUT ALSO BY -- LOST A LOT
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OF ITS STATUS UNDER LYNDON JOHNSON. THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING HE DID WAS BRING BACK NOT JUST BRING BACK
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THE REPUTATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE BUT IN SO DOING HE RESTORED THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND THE LEGISLATIVE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT. >> BIRMINGHAM,...
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PRESIDENT FORD HAVE
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WITH PRESIDENT JOHNSON WHILE HE WAS THE MINORITY LEADER? >> LET ME GO TO RICHARD NORTON SMITH, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY, IF YOU...
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FOR HIM TO ASSUME THE OFFICE, HE WASN'T TAINTED IN THE PUBLIC EYE. HE WASN'T SEEN AS
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BEING NIXON'S CREATION OR NIXON'S CREATURE. HE WAS STILL SEEN VERY MUCH AS GERALD FORD, IF ANYONE, A CREATION OF CAPITOL HILL. AND THAT OBVIOUSLY SERVED...
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ON. BUT AFTER -- AFTER FORD WAS -- BECAME VICE PRESIDENT AND HE WENT THROUGH THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY CONFIRMATION PROCESS, WE KNEW MORE ABOUT GERALD FORD...
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WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS TANTALIZINGLY CLOSE FOR A LITTLE BIT THERE. HE CAME TO CONGRESS IN 1948. THAT WAS NOT A GOOD REPUBLICAN YEAR. A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS,...
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REPUBLICAN PARTY, BUT ALSO THE WAY TO PUT A REPUBLICAN MAJORITY BACK ON CAPITOL HILL. AND, AGAIN, FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE EISENHOWER PRESIDENCY,...
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THAT WAS MY FIRST STEP UP THE LADDER. AND I CONTINUOUSLY HOPED THAT I WOULD ACHIEVE THAT, BUT
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MY DEMOCRAT COMPETITION ALWAYS HAD MORE VOTES EVERY TWO YEARS. IT'S INTERESTING, AFTER I LOST THE FIFTH TIME, BETTY AND I -- >> THE SPEAKERSHIP? >> FOR...
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THE
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DEMOCRAT SPEAKERS. BUT THAT WAS MY TOTAL POLITICAL AMBITION. AND AFTER THE LAST TIME I LOST TO CARL ALBERT, BETTY AND I SAT DOWN AND SAID, WELL, I'LL...
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HIS ABILITY TO BE SO FORGIVING OF PRESIDENT NIXON'S ACTIONS? >> JAMES CANNON. >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT THIS YOUNG LADY...
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SCHOOL, HE CONSCIOUSLY AND DELIBERATELY THOUGHT THERE WAS -- HE MADE UP HIS MIND THAT HE WOULD FIND SOME GOOD IN EVERYONE. THAT THERE ARE NO BAD PEOPLE...
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A TRUSTING PERSON AND HE
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BELIEVED IN EVERYONE. AND THAT, IN EFFECT, IS WHAT ADVANCED HIS CAREER. HE WAS -- AT 12 HE BECAME PA BOY SCOUT AND HE LIVED THE BOY SCOUT CODE FOR...
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TO THE ED TOOR -- EDITOR OF A LOCAL NEWSPAPER TO DEFEND PRESIDENT
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FORD
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FROM THE
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CHILDISH SNIPING PERPETRATED AGAINST HIM BY THE MEDIA. AND IT JUST -- IT VIOLATED MY SENSE OF JUSTICE. I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I GOT SO ANGRY THAT...
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NIXON. THAT IN ORDER TO GET ON WITH THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT, THAT PRESIDENT FORD AND THE COUNTRY NEEDED TO PUT THAT WHOLE TERRIBLE EPISODE AND ERA...
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BUT ALSO A HOST OF ADMINISTRATEIVE PROBLEMS. HE HAD A FIND A VICE PRESIDENT.
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KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN WAS COMING TO TOWN FOR A STATE VISIT. THERE WERE REAL PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE BUSINESS OF THE WORLD...
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PUBLIC OPINION POLLS TO TELL ME WHAT IS RIGHT. I DO BELIEVE THAT RIGHT MAKES MIGHT, AND THAT IF I AM WRONG, TEN ANGELS SWEARING I WAS RIGHT WOULD...
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BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART AND MIND AND SPIRIT THAT I, NOT AS PRESIDENT, BUT AS A HUMBLE SERVANT OF GOD WILL SEE JUSTICE WITHOUT MERCY IF I FAIL TO...
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HIS ECONOMIC POLICIES. IF I AM CORRECT ON THIS, ONLY TWO MODERN PRESIDENTS
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HAVE STOOD UP FIRMLY TO CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING OR OVERSPENDING AND THAT WAS EISENHOWER AND GERALD FORD. IN HIS TEN YEARS WE SAW A LOWERING OF THE RECESSION...
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THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF. YOU MENTIONED ABOUT PRESIDENT FORD'S ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY. IT WAS HE AND, I BELIEVE, PRESIDENT TRUMAN ARE THE ONLY...
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WHAT WAS PRESIDENT NIXON'S NOT ACCEPTING RONALD REAGAN'S POSSIBLE CHOICE
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TO BECOME VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AGAIN
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IN 1980 -- >>
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IN 1980 DID YOU
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SAY? >> Caller: DID HE HAVE A POLITICAL REASON FOR NOT ACCEPTING
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RONALD REAGAN'S -- >> RONALD REAGAN NEVER MADE THE OFFICE. THERE WAS A LOT
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OF INTEREST IN IT BUT I THINK IT PROBABLY WAS IN CONCEPT A GOOD IDEA BUT BASICALLY PRESIDENT FORD'S IDEA WAS THAT PRESIDENT REAGAN WOULD BE THE CHIEF...
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BUT THERE WAS
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SOME CONCERN AMONG THE -- A LOT OF CONCERN MORNING THE REAGAN PEOPLE ABOUT IT, AND PRESIDENT FORD HIMSELF WAS NOT SURE THIS WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO....
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MOST NOTABLE ECONOMIC POLICY REALLY WAS ECONOMIC DEREGULATION. AND THAT WAS SPED ALONG BY THE CHAIRMAN
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OF HIS COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS, NONE OTHER THAN ALAN GREENSPAN. IN FACT, PRESIDENT FORD FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS LAUGHS ABOUT HIS FAMED WHIP INFLATION...
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DEREGULATION. NOW IT ENJOYS BIPARTISAN AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT BEGAN EARLY IN THE FORD PRESIDENCY. ONE. THE FIRST THINGS HE DID...
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RAPIDS? RIGHT HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS, ONE MORE TIME. LET'S TRY A CALL FROM KENT, WASHINGTON. >> Caller: YEAH, JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION...
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IRANIAN WHO IS TAJ SITUATION DIFFERENTLY? THANK YOU. >> THE IRANIAN HOSTAGE SITUATION WOULD BE JUST SHEER CONJECTURE TO ANSWER THAT -- WHAT ONE MIGHT...
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HAPPENED. AND IT WAS ONLY BY THE QUICKNESS AND SKILL OF A SECRET SERVICE AGENT THAT HE WAS -- THAT HIS LIFE WAS SAVED. THE SECOND ONE I THINK WAS AN...
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ARE REPLICAS. BUT THAT IS A REPLICA OF THE DESK THAT THE PRESIDENT USED. IT ACTUALLY HAD BEEN USED BY VICE PRESIDENTS SINCE 1896. WHAT I MIGHT FIND IN...
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MORNING OF AUGUST 9 WHEN PRESIDENT FORD WALKED INTO THIS OFFICE AND SAT DOWN BEHIND THAT DESK, IT WAS OF COURSE FULL OF LISTENING DEVICES. HIS FIRST...
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THEY HAD TO PUT IT ON TOP OF
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THE BUILDING AND THEREFORE IT COULD ONLY BE 7/8'S. THE NEXT GREAT QUESTION IS WHO WAS GOING TO TELL PRESIDENT JOHNSON THAT HIS OVAL OFFICE WAS 7/8...
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FOR THE PARDON BY MR.
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FORD? >> WELL THAT, IS CORRECT. IN THOSE CONFIRMATION HEARINGS HE INDICATED HE DID NOT THINK AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD ACCEPT THE PARDON OF RICHARD NIXON....
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TO DO ABOUT THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. NIXON, WHAT HE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND WHAT WAS HE GOING GOING TO DO WITH THE NIXON PAPERS AND TAPES? ...
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THAT PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, 90% OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS WAS WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO ABOUT MR.
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NIXON, HIS TAPES, HIS PAPERS ET CETERA. WELL, I THOUGHT THERE WERE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR ME TO BE ASKED ABOUT, FOREIGN POLICY, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS,...
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FLORIDA. AND I COULDN'T AFFORD AN ATTORNEY. I HAD JUST
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BEEN DIVORCED AND WHAT TRYING TO RAISE THREE DAUGHTERS. AND I WASN'T GETTING ANY RESPONSE FROM THE EEOC. SO SINCE I WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE DURING...
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ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WRITE ABOUT
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IN YOUR BOOK RELATED TO THE PARDON WAS THE REMARK ABOUT OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER AND WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD EVEN BE IN THE REMARKS OR...
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KNEW WHAT HE WOULD SAY AND WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY. ABOUT, I BELIEVE, TWO DAYS BEFORE PRESIDENT NIXON RESIGNED, WHEN HE WAS PRETTY CERTAIN -- FORD...
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UNTIL NIXON HIMSELF TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO RESIGN, BUT VICE PRESIDENT FORD THOUGHT THAT HE OUGHT TO GET A SPEECH READY SO HE TOLD HARTMAN TO DO IT....
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HE'S GIVING US EXTRA
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CREDIT TO WATCH THE PROGRAM AND CALL IN WITH ANSWERS AND
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HELP US LEARN MORE ABOUT PRESIDENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. >> YOU ALL HAVE GOOD QUESTIONS. WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION TONIGHT? >> Caller: MY QUESTION...
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IS EARLIER IN YOUR PROGRAM YOU HAD STATED THAT GERALD FORD, JR. WAS NOT HIS REAL NAME AND HE HAD NOT KNOWN HIS REAL FATHER UNTIL ADULTHOOD. MY QUESTION...
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THE ONE WHO TOLD HIM? >> HE HAD SOME --
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AS A YOUNG TEENAGER, HE HAD SOME IDEA THAT HIS MOTHER MIGHT HAVE BEEN MARRIED BEFORE, BUT HE DIDN'T REALLY EVER FOCUS ON IT BECAUSE HE LOOKED ON GERRY...
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FORD WAS ABOUT, OH 14, 15 YEARS OLD AND WORKING IN A DINER TO EARN MONEY FOR HIS -- TO BE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL. AND A STRANGER CAME IN ONE DAY AND...
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SERIES IF YOU'D LIKE TO USE THIS IN YOUR CLASSROOM. WE HAVE A STAFF OF EDUCATORS AT C-SPAN THAT ARE THERE TO HELP YOU IN YOUR CLASSES FOR THIS. JONESBORO,...
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FOR -- TO BE THE VICE PRESIDENT? >> NO, I DON'T THINK
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HE GAVE RONALD REAGAN ANY SERIOUS CONSIDERATION AT
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ALL. IN HIS TYPICAL WAY, FORD ADDRESSED THIS VERY METHODICALLY. HE TALKED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND HE TALKED TO FRIENDS FROM -- CLOSE FRIENDS FROM THE...
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SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. AND HARLOW LISTED ABOUT A DOZEN POSSIBLE CANDIDATES AND RATED EACH ONE OF THEM ON VARIOUS ASPECTS -- HIS POLITICAL RECORD, HIS...
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TWO BOTHERS' AND A POWERFUL INFLUENCE SHE WAS. >> WAS THAT HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS? >> Caller: YES. WE LIVED IN
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MICHIGAN, JUST NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS, A LITTLE TINY TOWN, AND WE WERE AT WHITE FISH LAKE, WICHS THE SUMMER
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RESORT. AND
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THIS LOVELY LADY NAMED BETTY BLOOMER WAS OUR BABY-SITTER. AND ALL THREE OF US WENT ON TO BECOME
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PHYSICIANS, LIKE MY FATHER WAS. HE
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WAS A COUNTRY DOCTOR. AND BETTY BLOOMER WAS OUR INSPIRATION. >> HOW OLD WERE YOU AT THE TIME AND HOW OLD IS SHE? >> Caller: WELL, I'M 75 NOW AND SHE'S...
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SURGEONS, I SERVED THREE YEARS WITH THE NAVY IN COMBAT BEFORE
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I BECAME A DOCTOR, BUT WE WERE ALL PROUD OF THE FORDS AND WE'VE TRIED TO BE GOOD MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY. >> THANKS FOR THAT CALL. I REMIND YOU BETTY...
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YOUNGER. SHE WAS A -- IT WAS AND IS A MARVELOUS WOMAN. BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT FORD OR REPRESENTATIVE FORD'S ACTIVITIES BOTH IN THE HOUSE HE WAS A VERY
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| 01:03:48 |
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HARD WORKING CONGRESSMAN AND HIS EFFORTS TO CAMPAIGN FOR OTHERS, HE WAS OFTEN AWAY FROM HOME. AND SHE RAISED THEIR FOUR CHILDREN AND DID A MARVELOUS...
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MUCH AS HE LECTURES BUT HE LOVES TO TALK TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO SHARE STORIES OF HISTORY, YOU KNOW, HAVING, AS WE SAID EARLIER, PARTICIPATED IN SO MUCH...
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| 01:04:41 |
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OBLIGATION, SENSE OF OBLIGATION, ABOUT PASSING IT ON. HE'S CONCERNED WE LIVE IN AN HISTORICALLY ILLITERATE TIME. HE MADE IT VERY CLEAR WHEN THIS MUSEUM...
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WAS. >> IT WAS ABOVE AND SLIGHTLY TO THE WEST OF THE OVAL OFFICE. IT'S ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. JUST WEST OF THE OVAL OFFICE, ON THE...
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| 01:13:40 |
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THE ECONOMIC POLICY OFFICE AND DOWN THE HALL, PHIL BUCHANAN WAS THE COUNCIL TO THE PRESIDENT. AND AROUND THE CORNER WERE MARSH AND FREEDER'S DOOR AND...
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| 01:14:14 |
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MAY OF 1969 AND I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE TELECAST AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WERE
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WORTHY OF PRAISE FOR GERALD FORD WERE, NUMBER ONE, HIS COURAGE TO GRANT AMNESTY FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT WENT TO CANADA DURING THAT UGLY TIME IN OUR HISTORY....
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| 01:15:52 |
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ASK JAMES CANNON WHY GERALD FORD BOTHERED TO RUIN HIS REPUTATION BY GETTING INVOLVED IN CLINTON'S FEBRUARY 1999 IMPEACHMENT TRIAL BY TELLING SENATORS...
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BASICALLY IS THAT PRESIDENT FORD THOUGHT THAT THIS CONTROVERSY OVER PRESIDENT CLINTON, WAS, AGAIN, COMING TO THE SITUATION WHERE IT WAS GOING TO TEAR...
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OTHER MAN HAD. AND HE FELT THAT THE COUNTRY SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN THROUGH THAT EXPERIENCE AGAIN. AND HE FELT THAT WHILE PRESIDENT CLINTON'S ACTIONS WERE...
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WHAT IT STANDS FOR. >> IT'S
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OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. >> WE HAVE RICHARD NORTON SMITH WITH
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US. PERHAPS YOU CAN SHED LIGHT ON WHAT
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LOOKS LIKE A GOLD HELMET NEXT TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE HERE IN THE OVAL OFFICE. >> I DON'T KNOW. UNLESS IT'S UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. >> WHEN WE TAKE A BREAK,...
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COULD BE NOTRE
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DAME. ONE OF PRESIDENT FORD'S
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PROUDEST BOASTS IN EFFECT IS THAT HE WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT WHO WENT BACK ON TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES. REMEMBER, THE 60'S AND EARLY 70'S, IT WAS VIRTUALLY...
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PRESIDENT, NO MATTER WHAT HIS PARTY, TO VENTURE ON TO A COLLEGE
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| 01:18:15 |
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CAMPUS. AND ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS HE DID AS PRESIDENT WAS TO ACCEPT
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| 01:18:20 |
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AN INVITATION FROM NOTRE DAME. HE WENT THERE, HAD A GREAT VISIT. AND THE HEX WAS BROKEN. HE FELT THAT IT WAS AGAIN SAFE FOR AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT...
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OF THE WHITE HOUSE THAT YOU SHOWED US EARLIER HAS SIGNS THAT SAY "DON'T TOUCH." BUT THIS IS MUSEUM YOU DESCRIBE AS HANDS-ON HISTORY. DESCRIBE THAT. >>...
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| 01:19:28 |
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YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT, VERY CONTROVERSIAL. IT'S A GREAT STORY. AND FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WE WANTED TO REIMAGINE THIS STORY AND TO TAKE A WHOLE GENERATION...
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| 01:21:38 |
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ABOUT TEN. WE HAVE
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| 01:21:40 |
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ANOTHER NINE PEOPLE AT ANN ARBOR, WHICH IS AT THE GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY. LAST WEEK
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| 01:21:48 |
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PRESIDENT FORD HAD A
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GREAT HONOR BESTOWED ON HIM. HE HAD THE BOARD OF REGENTS DECIDE TO NAME THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY OVER THERE FOR HIM. AND THAT'S PART OF AN ONGOING...
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| 01:22:25 |
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BE APPROPRIATE FOR THOSE PAPERS TO BE IN AN ACADEMIC SETTING LONG BEFORE HE EVER THOUGHT THERE MIGHT BE
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A PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY. SO ONCE HE BECAME PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, THEN IT BECAME CLEAR THERE WOULD BE A LOT MORE PAPERS THAT WOULD BE OF GREATER HISTORICAL...
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| 01:23:27 |
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TO THE OTHER, LIKE A
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| 01:23:29 |
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GOOD CONGRESSMAN. >> MANHAS ET, NEW YORK. GOOD EVENING. >> Caller: MY NAME IS GABRIELLE, I GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NEW YORK. I'M A 12-YEAR-OLD SEVENTH...
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| 01:23:52 |
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AND THE J.F.K. TRAGEDY? >> DESCRIBE YOUR
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QUESTION. >> DO YOU THINK HE FELT ANY ADDED RESPONSIBILITIES AFTER THE TROUBLE WITH NIXON ADD THE J.F.K. TRAGEDY? >> I THINK HE DID. THE J.F.K. TRAGEDY...
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| 01:24:18 |
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THERE. AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS
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| 01:24:20 |
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A PAINFUL EXPERIENCE FOR PRESIDENT FORD TO BE PART OF
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| 01:24:25 |
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THE WARREN COMMISSION AND HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SLAIN PRESIDENT AND TO GO THROUGH THE ORDEAL OF WHAT HAD TO BE...
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| 01:25:40 |
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IN RECENT HISTORY AND DO THEY THINK HIS CHARACTER, WHICH CERTAINLY SEEMS TO LACK IN THE OFFICE RECENTLY WILL SHOW IN THE LONG RUN OF HISTORY, HOW DO...
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| 01:26:14 |
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MORE FOR WHAT THEY SAY THAN WHAT THEY DID. AND ACTUALLY, PRESIDENT FORD DID FAR MORE THAN WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT. >> MR. SMITH? >> I THINK THERE'S A...
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| 01:26:50 |
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ALSO
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| 01:26:51 |
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BY SOME DEGREE BY THE PUBLIC ARE SHOWS SWASH BUCKLING FIGURES, FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT OR F.D.R. OR JOHN F. KENNEDY, THOSE FIGURES WHO GIVE A SPIRITUAL LIFT...
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| 01:27:44 |
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WILL BE MY WORKING PARTNER, AS WELL AS MY MOST CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIC. I'M NOT ASKING FOR CONFORMITY. I'M DEDICATED TO THE TWO-PARTY SYSTEM. AND YOU KNOW...
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| 01:28:02 |
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I DO NOT WANT A HONEYMOON WITH YOU. I WANT A GOOD MARRIAGE. (LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE) I WANT PROGRESS, AND I WANT PROBLEM SOLVING, WHICH REQUIRES MY...
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| 01:36:12 |
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FOR 25 YEARS BEFORE BECOMING VICE PRESIDENT AND THEN PRESIDENT. OUR GUEST IS JAMES CANNON, AUTHOR OF "TIME AND CHANCE" AND RICHARD NORTON SMITH IS...
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| 01:37:06 |
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RECORD. WHAT I WOULD CRITICIZE IN FORD IS THAT HE WAS GOOD AT MANAGING THE PRESIDENT, BUT HE WAS NOT GOOD AT ARTICULATING HIS GOALS AND THAT, AMONG...
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| 01:38:36 |
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THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, HE IS VERY OUTSPOKENLY PRO-CHOICE ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION. HE AND MRS. FORD HAVE
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| 01:38:41 |
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BEEN, OF COURSE, GREAT CHAMPIONS OF THE E.R.A. AND HAVE BEEN VOCALLY IN SUPPORT OF GAY RIGHTS. THEY HAVE NOT SUGGESTED THAT BILL CLINTON SHOULD BE...
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| 01:39:46 |
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PHILOSOPHY LED TO CLASHES WITH THE DEMOCRATICALLY-CONTROLLED CONGRESS. >> WHAT HE HOPED TO DO WHEN HE SET FORTH HIS GOALS IN 1976
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| 01:39:55 |
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WAS TO BRING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER AND REALLY PROJECT AS WELL AS HE COULD WHAT HE HAD -- WHAT HE WANTED TO DO FOR THE COUNTRY. HE WAS REALLY RUNNING...
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| 01:40:12 |
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BUT WHAT HE WANTED TO DO WAS BRING THE CONGRESS TOGETHER, AND TO A GREAT EXTENT HE DOES. THERE WAS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY ANIMUS DURING THE WHITE HOUSE...
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| 01:40:56 |
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WAS SCHEDULED
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| 01:40:58 |
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TO RETIRE SHORTLY BEFORE HE BECAME VICE PRESIDENT, AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S TRUE AND, IF SO, WHAT KIND OF RETIREMENT PLANS DID HE HAVE THAT WERE INTERRUPTED...
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| 01:41:10 |
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OFFICE? >> MR. SMITH 1234. >> AS WE SAID EARLIER, HE DID
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| 01:41:14 |
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INDEED INTEND TO RETIRE AND COME BACK IN 1977, COME BACK TO GRAND RAPIDS. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS HE THOUGHT HE WOULD PUT HIS NAME ON A LAW FIRM DOOR....
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| 01:41:31 |
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MONEY. AND
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| 01:41:33 |
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HIS INTENTION WAS TO COME BACK HOME TO GRAND RAPIDS AND PRACTICE LAW, MAYBE DO A LITTLE BIT OF SPEAKING AND THAT WAS IT. >> THAT'S CORRECT. ON ELECTION...
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| 01:42:04 |
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TO RUN -- I'M SORRY, THIS IS THE LAST TIME I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE MINORITY LEADER. I'M GOING TO RUN ONE MORE TIME AND WE'LL GO OUT, TRY TO MAKE SOME...
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| 01:42:58 |
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ON A SECOND BOOK ABOUT GERALD FORD. HE'S ORIGINALLY FROM ATHENS ALABAMA WITH A B.A. FROM ATHENS ALABAMA. HE WAS ALSO ASSISTANT TO VICE PRESIDENT AND...
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| 01:43:12 |
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FORD. AND OUR OTHER GUEST THIS EVENING RICHARD NORTON SMITH IS DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM HERE. HE'S THE AUTHOR OF "THE COLONEL: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF...
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| 01:44:05 |
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FOR ADULTS, $3 FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, 62 OR OLDER AND
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| 01:44:09 |
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EVERYONE UNDER 16 IS
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| 01:44:10 |
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FREE. THE LATTER AT PRESIDENT FORD'S PERSONAL INSISTENCE. >> ONE OF THE MAGAZINES ABOUT GRAND RAPIDS THAT WAS IN OUR MOTEL ROOM WHEN WE WERE STAYING...
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| 01:44:24 |
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VIETNAM WAR ENDS, SPACECRAFT LANDS ON MARS,
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| 01:44:27 |
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U.S. TURNS 200. AND THEY SAID NOTHING HAPPENED DURING THE FORD PRESIDENCY. THIS IS AN AD FOR THE MUSEUM IN A LOCAL
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| 01:44:36 |
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MAGAZINE. NEW JERSEY, GOOD EVENING. >> Caller: GOOD EVENING. MR. CANNON, THANK YOU. DURING A DEBATE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND JIMMY CARTER, PRESIDENT FORD...
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| 01:45:01 |
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SEE THAT AND BE BACK TO HEAR WHAT OUR GUESTS HAVE TO SAY SAY. >> THERE IS NO SOVIET DOM -- DOMINATION OF EASTERN EUROPE AND NEVER WILL BE UNDER A FORD...
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| 01:45:19 |
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DIUNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY, SIR, THAT THE RUSSIANS ARE NOT USING EASTERN EUROPE AS THEIR OWN SPHERE OF INFLUENCE IN OCCUPYING MOST OF THE COUNTRIES THERE...
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| 01:45:34 |
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THE ITALIANS AND FRENCH ARE STILL FLIRTING WITH -- >> I DON'T BELIEVE, MR.
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| 01:45:40 |
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FRANKEL, THAT THE YUGOSLAVIANS CONSIDER THEMSELVES DOMINATED BY THE SOVIET UNION. I DON'T BELIEVE THE ROMANIANS CONSIDER THEMSELVES DOM NAPTED BY THE...
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| 01:46:00 |
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ITS OWN TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. AND THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT CONCEDE THAT THOSE COUNTRIES ARE UNDER THE DOMINATION OF THE SOVIET UNION. AS A MATTER...
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| 01:46:56 |
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AFTERWARD, AND YOU CAN SEE THE MODERATOR OF THE PROGRAM THERE TRYING
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| 01:46:59 |
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TO GIVE PRESIDENT FORD A CHANCE TO CORRECT HIMSELF ON THE SECOND TRY, BUT PRESIDENT FORD THOUGHT HE SAID THAT THE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WOULD NOT...
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| 01:48:09 |
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ON. DONNA KLARIN IS A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER AT THE GERALD FORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN PALM SPRING THE GOOD EVENING. >> IN MANY WAYS, I THINK THERE'S ...
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| 01:48:46 |
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ACTIVE, GENEROUS, VISIBLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE READ ABOUT HIM, WE HEAR ABOUT THEM AND HE DOES COME TO VISIT THE SCHOOL. >> WE HAVE AN ARTICLE...
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| 01:49:16 |
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LUNCH, A SCHOOL LUNCH. IT HAD BEEN MADE BY MY FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS. PRESIDENT
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| 01:49:22 |
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AND MRS. FORD JOINED US
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| 01:49:24 |
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FOR A CHEF COLLABORATIVE IN WHICH CHEFS AROUND THE COUNTRY GO INTO CLASSROOMS WITH HANDS-ON LESSONS ABOUT HEALTHY EATING AND SUSTAINABLE CUISINE AROUND...
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| 01:50:34 |
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FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY IN DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS. AND WHEN PRESIDENT FORD SPEAKS, HE USUALLY SPEAKS ABOUT THE GREAT PEOPLE HE
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| 01:50:42 |
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HAD THE PLEASURE TO DINE WITH. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR CHILDREN ALWAYS LISTEN INTENTLY TO THAT. >> WHAT SUBJECT DO YOU TEACH? >> PARDON? >> WHAT SUBJECT DO...
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| 01:51:11 |
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DEPENDENT ALSO ON THE
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| 01:51:12 |
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FAMILY AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND
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| 01:51:16 |
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WORLD AFFAIRS AT THAT TIME, TOO. BUT WHEN
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| 01:51:18 |
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WE GET INTO A DISCUSSION
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| 01:51:20 |
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IN THE CLASS, I FIND THE MAJORITY OF MY STUDENT HAVE VERY INTELLIGENT
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| 01:51:25 |
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QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT GO ALONG WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE WORLD AND ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> DONNA KLARIN IS A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER AT THE GERALD...
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| 01:51:52 |
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NOW IS WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. NAVY AND WE'VE BEEN ADOPTED BY THEM. SO WE
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| 01:51:59 |
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ALSO BRING IN FORD PRESIDENCY AND ALL WORLD
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| 01:52:04 |
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HISTORY THROUGH THAT. BECAUSE BY TEACHING SUCH RICH HISTORY AND THE NAVY COMES TO VISIT US AND WE'VE GONE TO THEM ALSO. >> DONNA KLARIN, THANKS VERY...
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| 01:52:32 |
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THE FORD CAMPAIGN. HE BRINGS UP TWO POINTS THAT FORD HAD GOING AGAINST HIM. ONE WAS THE WAY THE NAMES WERE PRINTED ON THE BALLOT. IT WAS JIMMY CARTER...
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| 01:52:44 |
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OPPOSED TO JAMES EARL CARTER AND IT WAS GERALD FORD AS OPPOSED TO GEHRY FORD. THE SECOND POINT HE BROUGHT UP WAS ABOUT PRESIDENT FORD'S INABILITY ON...
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| 01:53:32 |
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NATURAL MEDIUM FOR HIM. SOME PEOPLE ARE BETTER ON BETTER ON TELEVISION THAN OTHERS AND HE HAPPENED TO BE ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT WAS NOT THAT COMFORTABLE...
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| 01:54:10 |
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SAY ALSO, THE
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| 01:54:11 |
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ONE PERSON IN AMERICAN PUBLIC LIFE WHO HE THINKS IS HANDS DOWN THE GREATEST COMMUNICATEOR, THE BEST SPEAKER HE IS, SOMEBODY HE ADMIRES A GREAT DEAL...
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| 01:55:18 |
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WHAT MRS. FORD HERSELF CALLED HIS BUMBLE AND STUMBLE HABIT. BUT HE KEPT FIT IN THE WHITE HOUSE, HE RODE A BICYCLE, DID PUSH OF UPS, HE SWAM IN THE SWIMMING...
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| 01:56:46 |
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LINE, WE WAND TO DO IT IN UNTRADITIONAL WAYS. WE HAVE AN AREA WHERE YOU
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| 01:56:52 |
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CAN PUNCH UP ONE OF SIX DIFFERENT HEAD OF STATE VISIT AND ACTUALLY GO INSIDE THE PROCESS. IT TAKES ABOUT 100 PEOPLE SIX WEEKS TO PUT TOGETHER A STATE...
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| 01:59:21 |
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READ. >> THE PRESIDENT ASKED ME TO TELL YOU THAT HE TELEPHONED PRESIDENT-ELECT CARTER A SHORT TIME AGO AND CONGRATULATED HIM ON HIS VICTORY. THE PRESIDENT...
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| 01:59:47 |
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SUPPORTED HIM WITH THEIR VOTES. IT'S BEEN THE GREATEST HONOR OF MY HUSBAND'S LIFE TO HAVE SERVED HIS FELLOW AMERICANS DURING TWO OF THE MOST DIFFICULT...
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| 02:00:46 |
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ABOUT HIS 1942 TO 1946 NAVY EXPERIENCE. CAN YOU SHED ANY LIGHT ON THAT? >> YES. IT WAS A
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| 02:00:53 |
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VERY ESSENTIAL PART OF HIS GROWING UP, AS A MATTER OF FACT. HE HAD BY THAT TIME, OF COURSE, GRADUATED FROM MICHIGAN AND GRADUATED FROM YALE LAW SCHOOL...
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| 02:01:12 |
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HARBOR DAY IN 1941 WHEN DRIVING HOME HE HEARD ON THE CAR RADIO ABOUT THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. AND HE WENT HOME AND TOLD HIS MOTHER AND FATHER THAT...
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| 02:03:28 |
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SELECT NELSON ROCKEFELLER AS HIS RUNNING MATE IN 1976 AND IF HE HAD HE WOULD HAVE DEFEATED AT THE CONVENTION RONALD REAGAN. AND IF WITH A FORD/ROCKEFELLER...
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| 02:03:41 |
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TRIUMPHANT PERHAPS BY CARRYING NEW YORK AGAINST JIMMY CARTER IN NOVEMBER. >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND IT'S THE POLITICAL...
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| 02:04:06 |
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THE NOMINATION BECAUSE RONALD REAGAN WAS GOING TO ALREADY RUNNING AGAINST HIM, HE WAS PERSUADED THAT HE COULD NOT WIN THE NOMINATION IF HE KEPT NELSON...
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| 02:05:40 |
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WEST MICHIGAN. HE'S A WONDERFUL BOSS. BECAUSE HE'LL DO ANYTHING YOU ASK. HE'LL PICK UP THE
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| 02:05:48 |
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PHONE, ASK PEOPLE. WE DID EARLIER A MILLENNIUM LECTURE SERIES AND HAD ALAN GREENSPAN, JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS AND DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN BILLY GRAHAM...
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| 02:08:02 |
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WAS THE LAST MEANS OF ESCAPE FOR THOUSANDS OF VIETNAMESE AND AMERICANS WHO WERE
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| 02:08:08 |
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FLEEING THE ON-RUSHING COMMUNISTS AS SOUTH VIETNAM FELL. AND LAST YEAR THE EMBASSY WAS TORN DOWN. AND WE WANTED THE STAIRCASE. I SAY WE WANTED. PRESIDENT...
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| 02:10:15 |
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ALSO HOW HE WAS SO SATIRIZED ON "SATURDAY
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| 02:10:21 |
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NIGHT LIVE "E"" AND SPOOFED AND AS BOB WOODWARD IN HIS BOOK "SHADOW" HAS REVEALED, DID FORD COME ACROSS TO THE COUNTRY AS SOMEONE WHO WAS IN THE WRONG...
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| 02:11:13 |
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THAT HE DOESN'T DESERVE THE OFFICE. HE HAD THAT TO OVERCOME. HE HAD TO OVERCOME A WHITE HOUSE THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY NIXON PEOPLE IN ONE OF THE MISTAKES...
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| 02:12:31 |
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WHEN HE FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE? >> IT WAS AN ECONOMIC SUMMIT CONFERENCE JUST A VERY FEW DAYS AFTER HE TOOK OFFICE, WHICH HAD BEEN ALREADY PLANNED AND...
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| 02:12:43 |
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IT. SO HE DID HAVE IT. AND TO A MAN, INCLUDING JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH AND EVERY CONGRESS THERE FROM GALBRAITH TO ALAN GREENSPAN SAID THE
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| 02:12:56 |
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PROBLEM IS INFLATION. SO HE SET OUT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH INFLATION AND HE PROPOSED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A TAX CUT. WELL, IT WAS A MATTER OF WEEKS...
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| 02:14:36 |
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WAS NOT DOMINATED
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| 02:14:37 |
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BY SOVIETS. >> I DON'T THINK HELSINKI HAD A DIRECT CONNECTION ON THAT. I THINK IN THAT CASE, IN THE DESIRE TO MAKE HIS POINT ON THAT DEBATE, PRESIDENT...
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| 02:15:02 |
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TO DEMOCRACY IN EASTERN EUROPE, BUT THERE WERE VERY IMPORTANT OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THERE, EASE OF COMMUNICATION, TRAVEL, AND BEGINNING -- THE CONTINUATION...
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| 02:15:42 |
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GIVE MR. SMITH IN PARTICULAR. >> RICHARD NORTON
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| 02:15:45 |
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SMITH. >> WELL, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FALL OF SAIGON. AND AMERICANS' SELF-CONFIDENCE WAS AT AN ALL-TIME...
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| 02:16:06 |
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ITSELF. AND
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| 02:16:07 |
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WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE ROGUE GOVERNMENT IN CAMBODIA, KHMER ROUGE, THE MOST MURDEROUS REGIME IN MODERN TIMES, THEY TOOK AN AMERICAN SHIP, THE "MAYAGUEZ,"...
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| 02:17:43 |
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PENNSYLVANIA. TELEFORD, ONE MORE TIME. LET'S TRY NEXT
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| 02:17:50 |
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BOUNTYFUL UTAH. GOOD EVENING. >> Caller: HELLO? >>
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| 02:17:56 |
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GO AHEAD. >> Caller: I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CONSEQUENCES OF -- IF FORD WOULD HAVE BEEN ELECTED IN 1976. >> I THINK THE...
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| 02:18:14 |
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YEARS SOONER. IN 1976 PRESIDENT FORD PROPOSED A PLAN
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| 02:18:17 |
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THAT WOULD HAVE REDUCED SPENDING
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| 02:18:19 |
Caller, -
AN INCREASED REVENUES TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD HAVE BALANCED THE BUDGET, POSSIBLY IN FOUR YEARS, POSSIBLY A LITTLE
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| 02:18:26 |
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LONGER. HE FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT IF HE
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| 02:18:30 |
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WERE ELECTED ON HIS OWN THAT HE WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE WEIGHT IN CONGRESS IN PUSHING THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS FOR A RETURN TO A BALANCED BUDGET. SO I THINK...
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| 02:19:17 |
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THAT THE WEAPONS THAT WON THAT WAR WERE ORDERED, COMMISSIONED IN EFFECT, DURING THE FORD ADMINISTRATION. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A LONG LEE TIME BETWEEN A...
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| 02:19:30 |
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IT IN ACTION, BUT COLLIN POWELL HIMSELF SAID THAT WE WON THAT WAR WITH WEAPONS ORDERED BY PRESIDENT FORD. >> ATLANTA, GOOD EVENING. CALL CALF GOOD EVENING....
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| 02:19:59 |
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THERE IS A WONDERFUL STORY. I'M NOT SURE I CAN TELL IT TO YOU. LET ME SEE. LET ME DO MY BEST. TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, AS I INDICATED EARLIER, WE...
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| 02:20:20 |
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VERY SPECIAL CONFERENCE WITH FOUR OR FIVE FORMER SECRETARIES OF STATE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARSHALL PLAN. HAND...
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| 02:21:41 |
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FEW THINGS REALLY. THE PASSAGE OF TIME. IT GIVES US A WHOLE NEW KIND OF TECHNOLOGY TO TELL THE STORY. BUT THE STORY ITSELF EVOLVES. IT ISN'T THAT THE...
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| 02:21:49 |
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ALTHOUGH FRANKLY DURING THAT 20 YEARS, RESEARCHERS OVER IN ANN ARBOR HAVE BEEN DIGGING INTO THE 20 MILLION PAGES OF MATERIAL, MUCH OF WHICH WAS NOT...
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| 02:22:02 |
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IS, INTERVENING EVENTS, TALKING ABOUT THE HELSINKI ACCORD, ANY HIS TOREIAN TODAY REGARDS THE HELSINKI ACCORD AS A SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE ON THE ROAD...
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| 02:23:23 |
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IN THE PLANNING. BUT IT'S CERTAINLY TRUE THAT THE FORDS HAVE ALWAYS REGARDED GRAND RAPIDS AS HOME. FROM THE VERY BEGINING WITH THIS -- YOU KNOW, THE...
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| 02:23:36 |
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GRAND RAPIDS, AND HE WAS VERY GRATEFUL BUM HE SAID HE REALLY WANTED THIS MUSEUM TO BE DOWNTOWN WHERE IT COULD IN FACT HELP SPARK THE RENEWAL OF THE...
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| 02:24:21 |
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TRUMAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY MUSEUM
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| 02:24:23 |
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AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY JUST FASCINATED BY THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION I LEARNED ABOUT THAT PERIOD OF -- OR THAT PERIOD OF UNITED STATES HISTORY THAT WAS...
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| 02:25:41 |
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THAT LATER LANDED IN
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| 02:25:43 |
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THE BUSH MUSEUM IN COLLEGE STATION. AND MUCH TO MY DELIGHT, SOMEONE THERE HAD KEPT MY NAME. AND LOW AND BEHOLD, WHEN THE PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM IN COLLEGE...
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| 02:27:01 |
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OF THOSE NAMES WHO WERE IN OBJECTION TO THE APPOINTMENT
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| 02:27:04 |
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OF MR. FORD AT THAT TIME. THANK YOU AGAIN. >> YOU MEAN DURING THE CONFIRMATION OF PRESIDENT FORD? >> YES. >> IT WAS A RIGOROUS EXAMINATION OF HIM....
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| 02:27:29 |
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PRESIDENT FORD TOLD HIS STAFF, LOOK, I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, OPEN EVERYTHING UP. HE DID OPEN UP
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| 02:27:35 |
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ALL HIS FILES, ALL HIS RECORDS, EVERYTHING. THEY INVESTIGATED HIM DOWN TO
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| 02:27:40 |
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HIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HIS COLLEGE -- I MEAN, HIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. EVERYTHING. AND THERE WAS SOME OPPOSITION INITIALLY TO HIM, BUT ONCE HE ANSWERED...
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| 02:28:39 |
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IN YOUR BOOK AND IN ONE. THE PANELS HERE AT THE MUSEUM, IT THIS, "THIS GERALD FORD CAME TO THE PRESIDENCY WITH THE VALUES OF HIS BOYHOOD, TELL THE TRUTH,...
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| 02:29:14 |
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TO THE MINUTE. >> A LAST WORD FROM RICHARD NORTON SMITH. >> I COULDN'T IMPROVE ON THAT EXCEPT TO SAY THIS. HE HASN'T CHANGED. JIM IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT....
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| 02:29:35 |
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ERA TELLS US LESS ABOUT HIM THAN OUR OWN POLITICAL CULTURE. >>
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| 02:29:38 |
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RICHARD NORTON SMITH IS DIRECTOR OF THE GERALD FORD MUSEUM AND JAMES CANNON, THE AUTHOR OF "TIME AND CHANCE, GERALD FORD'S APPOINTMENT WITH HISTORY,"...
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| 02:29:58 |
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AMERICAN PRESIDENTS.ORG. SPEAKING OF THAT SCHEDULING, THIS PROGRAM WILL REAIR THIS FRIDAY EVENING, THE 26th AT 8 P.M. EASTERN TIME AND FRIDAY DECEMBER...
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| 02:30:11 |
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IN PLAINS GEORGIA FOR
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| 02:30:12 |
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THE PROGRAM ON ET PRESIDENCY AN LIFE OF JIMMY CARTER. A REMINDER THAT C-SPAN IN THE CLASSROOM IF YOU'RE AN EDUCATER CALL 202-626-4858. 202-686-4858...
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