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… students, faculty and guests of Tyler Junior College: I would especially like to thank the Apache Belles for their very warm and enthusiastic welcome. (Laughter) Second, it is a great honor to be at this out standing junior college, one of the … Army, the Navy, the Air Force or the r1arines, or the National Guard. There is no question about the fact that during the Vietnam War and at the time of the Yom Kippur \var in the Middle East that our reserve hardware was cut back or waS not kept flowing at the right level because we were diverting much of our mobilization reserve either to Vietnam or we did, on some occasions, to the Biddle East. But we are at peace. ~ve now have an obligation to upgrade and to …
… occurred since President Nixon on Thursday, April 30, ordered the Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia cleaned out by South Vietnamese and U.S. troops. The President's announcement amazed many .Americans. surprise. It took them by It was only 10 days earlier that Yrr. Nixon had announced we would be pulling an additional 150,000 G.I.'s out of Vietnam over the next 12 months. The result has been over-reaction on the part of thousands of our people. Emotion has … required more courageous leadership than that demanded of Presidents Wilson and Roosevelt during the darkest days of World Wars I and II because those chief executives knew the American people were behind them. President Nixon, on Cambodia, made …
… South. Born largely between 1948 and 1950, they were part of the "baby.boom" which was later to face the draft during the Vietnam \.;'ar. Over three-quarters (7-9%) had high school degrees, and 18% finished college. A very small perce~1tage (4%) … most young men in cities and to\-ms across the United States.* . t Two things set them apart. I First, 75% opposed the war in Vietna~ strongly enough to face punishment rather than fight there. Hany were Jehovah's Witnesses (2%) or members of … opposition to the war. t (Case tt00560) ! Applicant refused to perform alternative service as a protest against the war in Vietnam. However, most of our applicants assigned to alte.rnative service who ! refused to perform such '"ork were Jehovah's …
… a case from a paitel to the .=ull Board for --reconsi deration . No case \vas final until the President had signed a master warrant •o1hich incl11ded that case disposition . The Board relied on help from a computer to compare each result to the … that the raajority of our applicants 'tvere former servicemen 't·7i:wse absences ,.;ere not explicitly unrelated to the Vietnam Har. It did not take us long to realize that ~ fair evaluation of these cased required additional aggr~~ating and … of AWOL. Third, we examined the individual's overall record. For military cases, we looked to see if he had served in Vietnam, whether he had volunteered, whether he had decorations or an unusually good record before the offense, whether he …
… State of the Union is good. There is room for improvement as always, but today we have a more perfect union than when my stewardship began. As a people, we discovered that our Bicentennial was much more than a celebration of the past; it became a … established the positive trend which is essential to our ability to .contribute to peace and stability in the world. The Vietnam War both materially and psychologically arfeeted our overall defense posture. The dangerous antimilitary sentiment … face over the next generatiRn. I am the.first recent President able to address longterm basic issues without the burden of Vietnam. The war in Indochina cohsumed enormous resources, at the very time tbat.the overwhelming strategic superiority we …
… State of the Union is good. There is room for improvement as always, but today we have a more perfect union than when my stewardship began. As a people, we discovered that our Bicentennial was much more than a celebration of the past; it became a … established the positive trend which is essential to our ability to contribute to peace and stability in the world. The Vietnam war, both materially and psychologically, affected our overall defense posture. The dangerous antimilitary sentiment … over the next generation. wa I am the first recent President able to address long-term basic issues without the burden of Vietnam. The war in Indochina consumed enormous resources, at the very MORE • Page 10 time that the overwhelming strategic …
… YOU HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE BEST THAT HAS BEEN SAID AND DONE IN THE WORLD. YOUR ATTENTION HAS BEEN DIRECTED TOWARD THE MORAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS THAT ~1AKE A MAN "JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN THE ANGELS." YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO BECOME … JUDGMENT AND MATURITY OF ITS CITIZENS. TODAY OUR NATION IS SHAKEN BY DEEP DIVISIONS ON NATIONAL POLICY--A GREAT DEBATE OVER VIETNAM,jTHE CONTINUING CIVIL RIGHTS REVOLUTION,,THE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN A WORLD CRACKLING WITH SOCIAL UPHEAVAL IN … judgment and maturity of its citizens. Today our Nation is shaken by deep divisions on national policy--a great debate over Vietnam, the continuing civil rights revolution, the role of the United States in a world crackling with social upheaval in …
… WILL CALL AGAIN 0 IS WAITING TO SEE YOU 0 WISHES AN APPOINTMENT 0 RETURNED YOUR CALL MESSAGE { !r Foreign Policy after Vietnam l. What were the mistakes the U.S. made, going all the way back to the beginning, that led to the fall of Vietnam? 2. What have you learned from this experience and what should the American people learn from this experience that … Communists as now seems likely, this will be the first time that the United States has ever been on the losing side of a war. You yourself have said this will be a traumatic experience for Americans. What advice do you give to Americans, and how …
… except the United States delegation (~"hich) said it would not disturb the agreements. The French refused to sign and the Vietnamese withdrew their forces. The case of Vietnam is different from East and \,Test Germany and also from North and South Korea. It was the people of Vietnam rising … ~'Ias And it specifically stipulated that one year after the agreements North and South Vietnam would be consulted and afterward have an election. Recently the Prime Hinister of Vietnam told me he had read Anthony Eden's memoirs, who Hrote that …
… whole thing existed in the first place. When I left the United States I went first to Cuba, then to Algeria, China, North Vietnam and North Korea. Face it, people are nationalists more than they are internationalists and they use internationalism … a pomt on which all contradictions between leftand right-wing factions in the United States can be aligned. Because of the Vietnam war the American left took a shotgun blast at the military and in th8:t case "'.e were right. The war was hideous, munoral; …
… AM AN OPTIMIST BY NATURE, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS BASIS FOR OPTIMISM CONCERNING THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK. OU'I. WITHDRAWAL FROM VIETNAM IS HAVING A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY. DEFENSE SPENDING CUTS REDUCED UNEMPLOYMENT LAST YEAR BY 600 ,000 IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY, 400,000 IN THE ARMED FORCES AID 100,000 IN CIVILIAN PENTAGON JOBS. WE HAVE CUT VIETNAM SPENDING IN HALF -- AND WE HAVE DELIBERATELY COOLED OFF THE ECONOMY TO BRING INFLATION UNDER CONTROL. ,t NOW THE … T' £11 pl.# 'I, .. /311"' rc. r. 12/FOOD PROCESSORS UNEMPLOYMENT HAS RESULTED AS WE HAVE FOUGHT INFLATION AND MOVED FROM A WARTIME TO A PEACETIME ECONOMY. ADMINISTRATION ANTICIPATED. THE PROBLEMS WERE EVEN TOUGHER THAN THE BUT NOW THE ECONOMY IS …
… B. Saxbe to Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Ser~e, individuals against whom arrest warrants are outstanding have~days fron1. the date of entry to the United States to report to the Office of the United … Is there any appeal process from an initial allocation? 5. Is there any average period of service that was served by a Vietnam era serviceman which might equitably be equated with the term of alternative service to be required? 6. How are the … petitioner, the petition, and its __r~aS ( PUBLIC SERVICE WORK AS A MEANS OF GRANTING IM}illNITY FROM PROSECUTION IN THE VIETNAM WAR By utilizing the organizational structure and procedures similar to those used in the Alternate Service program …
… questions on the meaning of the speech. There obviously are two parts to the speech. There is the tragic problem of Vietnam, and there is the conduct of foreign policy in the face of the difficulti~s and, indeed, the disasters that have been encountered'·in Vietnam. Those of us who are concerned with the conduct of foreign policy and the President feel that we have two problems: … One is to ~anage the existing situation in Vietnam, but secondly, to keep in mind that the purposes of the Nation go forward, that the long-term interests of the country have to be preserved, and that our foreign policy has to be carried out …
… questions on the meaning of the speech. There obviously are two parts to the speech. There is the tragic problem of Vietnam, and there is the conduct of foreign policy in the face of the difficulti~s and, indeed, the disasters that have been encountered'·in Vietnam. Those of us who are concerned with the conduct of foreign policy and the President feel that we have two problems: … One is to ~anage the existing situation in Vietnam, but secondly, to keep in mind that the purposes of the Nation go forward, that the long-term interests of the country have to be preserved, and that our foreign policy has to be carried out …
… of what their plan would entail for the American people. Many of us, of course, remember rationing during World War II. MORE Page 2 I have no doubt that this Nation is capable of sustaining a rationing program during a short emergency. … will likewise be improved. QUESTION: Mr. President, are there circumstances in which the U.S. might actively re-enter the Vietnam war? THE PRESIDENT: I cannot foresee any at the moment. MORE Page 6 QUESTION: Are you ruling out the possibility of … MORE Page 9 QUESTION: Mr. President, does the state of the American economy permit additional military and economic aid to Vietnam or Cambodia? THE PRESIDENT: I believe it does. When the budget was submitted for fiscal 1975, in January of 1974, …
… be achieved. The second questioner asked if there were any major areas in which the Vice President had a special interest toward Japan. The Vice President responded by making inquiry into how we might solve our immediate and long-term problems with … of some of the very high standards for environmental protection. (5) Rapid completion of the Alaskan pipeline and work toward the Canadian-American gas-oil pipeline. (6) In closing his remarks on this point, the Vice President reiterated the … Walter Cronkite) of the Tokyo Broadcasting System for his over enthusiastic endorsement of Hanoi's views when covering the Vietnam war; persistent critic of US policies and role in Micronesia; visited the People's Republic of China in 1971 and met …
… Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 2 of the Charles E. Goodell Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library VIETNAM OFFENDER STUDY CENTER FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAWRENCE M. BASKIR 1826 JEFFERSON PLACE. N.W. … and Goodell 1225 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Dear Senator Goodell: Amidst my work with Larry on the book about Vietnam-era offenders, I am preparing an article about the Clemency Board's legal procedures for the June issue of the Notre … system. However, in at least one area -- the sentencing of convicted criminals -- the system is wanting. Attorney General Edward Levi has accused the sentencing process of having "an acciden-tal quality" in which imp~isoned . 1/ offenders consider …
… may have intrinsic merit, but it is a sure-fire political booby-trap, and spoils the tone of this State of the Union. 5. My warmest wishes for a Happy New Year to you and yours. ' / 19 7 7 STATE OF THE UNION l~ESSAGE Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice … submitted, including the present one, we have not only checked that decline, but we have established a positive trend. The Vietnam war both materially and psychologically affected overall defense posture. The dangerous and anti-defense sentiment … / -26- I have been the first recent President in a position to address the long-term basic issues without the burden of Vietnam. The war in Indochina consumed enormous resources, at the very time that the strategic superiority we enjoyed was …
… to return the bill to the Senate. Foreign Relations Comnrittee for furt.hel," consideration~ th~ _Presic;Ient now looks forward to an opportunity to consult with Congress toward the objective of ac~eving and acceptable foreign assistance bill. … the humanitarian and security assistance needed to support our foreign policy objectives. FOREIGN AID Q. Now that the Vietnam war is over, can \ve expect a "peace dividend" and, if so, of what magnitude? A. The recent events in Indochina … any comment on the amendment to the Foreign Assistance Bill which would delay the transferring of military aid to South Vietnam from the Pentagon budget to the Foreign Assistance Bill until July 1976 instead of July 1975. Guidance: My …
… uses the Office of the Pardon Attorney and reviews the request, conducts whatever investigation is necessary, and then forwards recommendations to the White House. Before petitioning for a pardon, one who has been imprisoned must ordinarily, … If your intentio1a \.;as to heal the wounds of the Nation, sir, why did you ~ant only a conditional amnesty to the Vietnam war veterans while granting a full pardon to President l'IixiDm? ( ·Page 11 - #2 THE PRESIDENT: The only connection … QUESTION: If your intention was to heal the wounds of the Nation, sir, why did you grant only a conditional amnesty to the Vietnam war veterans while granting a full pardon to President Nixon? THE PRESIDENT: The only connection between those two …