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… Growing out of his work with military, veterans, and ethnic groups, he had special responsibilities for such matters as the Vietnam War amnesty program, MIAs, Indochina refugees resettlement, and illegal aliens. Marrs' office was also in charge of … organizations took a strong interest in, or even strongly opposed, President Ford's proposal for an amnesty program for Vietnam War draft evaders, and Marrs became heavily involved in that issue. His files include correspondence with veterans …
… OF CONVULSIVE VIOLENCE IN THE NATION'S GHETTOES AND ON ITS COLLEGE CAMPUSES. THE SIXTIES ALSO BROUGHT THE AGONY I OF VIETNAM, WHEN AN AMERICAJVICTIMIZ~ BY VIOLENCE AT HOME CREPT UNCOMPREHENDINGLY INTO THE QUICKSAND OF A JUNGLE WAR HALFWAY 'ROUND THE WORLD. AND AS WE LIVED THROUGH THE DECADE OF THE SIXTIES, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE ERA OF THE NEW … RELATED TO THE OBJECTIVES I HAVE JUST OUTLINED AND TO OTHERS AS WELL . THE TOP PRIORITY IS, OF COURSE , TO END THE WAR IN VIETNAM. PRESIDENT NIXON IS MOVING VIGOROUSLY TO END THE AMERICAN ROLE IN VIETNAM AND, HOPEFULLY, TO END THE WAR . HE IS …
… ;~REM NE THE SAMD AFTER ALL, THE MAJOR PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THIS NATION HAVE NOT BEEN SOLVED . PEACE HAS NOT BROKEN OUT IN VIETNAM. VIETNAM PEACE TALKS ARE STILL JUST A HOPE DESPITE ALL THE TALK ABOUT A START ON TALKS. THE NATION'S LARGE CITIES ARE STILL … POLICIES. IN VIETNAM A DIVIDED DEMOCRATIC PARTY GRADUALLY ESCALATED A SMALL EISENHOWER AID COMMITMENT INTO A MAJOR LAND WAR, CONTRARY TO ALL SOUND MILITARY ADVICE. IT WAS THE LATE GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, YOU WILL RECALL, WHO SAID: "ANYBODY …
… FOR AN AS IAN PEACE CONFERENCE , WITH THE AS IANS t,.,.,... ~ TAKING THE LEAD IN SEEK I·NG AN HONORABLE EACE IN VJAR-TORN VIETNAM. ~ , ' - i'' ~ ..4-4r. ~~ . r-~~· OUR SOLDIERS ARE PERFORMING BRILLIANTLY IN VIETNAM. BUT IT IS TRAGIC THAT MORE AND MORE OF OUR YOUNG MEN ARE BEING SENT TO FIGHT AND PERHAPS TO DIE THERE. ) L WE ARE … THE POOR . THE ADMINISTRATION TAKES FROM THE HAVE - NOTS AND GI VES TO THE HAVES . [ · ABOIJf WAGI G ANa fHEN THE¥ iAI:.:K WAR QN PGYtR!Vl j BIG RIOTS IN THE STREETS, THE ~~~~~~ RIOTS IN THE STREETS . THE 8IG BUT FA ILED TO DEL IVER . '"FHAfl s-- …
… in Congress, President Nixon is cleaning up the mess the Democrats left behind. That is the thrust behind the President's Vietnamization program, his reversal of the policies of his Democratic predecessor in Vietnam, his determination to end the war in Vietnam while achieving a sound peace there. That is the reason for the outcries of pain as the President holds …
… materials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to these materials. SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking By Pregnant Women May Result in Fetal Injury, Premature Birth, And Low Birth Weight. I This will change the way you clean. foreuer. ::) CJ) -0.. CD PEOPLE'S Vietnam team (in Hanoi last fall) included: (back row, from left) Taro Yamasaki, Mike Haederle, Les Stone, Joanne Fowler, … Roger LeMoyne, Don Sider, Julie Dam, Debbie Bondulic, Linda Kramer, Ron Arias, Tran Thi Hoa (not shown: Leong Ka Tai). T he Vietnam War ended 25 years ago with the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. Yet even today the word "Vietnam" packs emotional …
… raise U.S. interest rates make a tax increase inevitable. On the contrary, the opposite may be true. But before we move toward any conclusions, let us first consider why the United States is in a fiscal crisis, in what direction we are tending, … of federal civilian payrolls climbed 75 per cent, and total federal spending shot up by 80 per cent. Is this because of the Vietnam War? While defense spending rose by 68 per cent during the Sixties, nondefense spending mounted by 97 per cent--from … an $8.1 billion deficit for fiscal year 1968 but continued to insist on a guns-and-butter policy while the cost of the Vietnam War moved toward the $26 billion-a-year level. He would ask Congress to approve a 6 per cent income tax surcharge, …
… are primarily related to unfolding events in Indochina. These materials concern intelligence reports on the situation in Vietnam and Cambodia, the administration’s request of Congress for supplemental assistance, and contingency planning for the … After the fall of Saigon, the focus is on refugee resettlement, disposition of American military equipment left in Vietnam, and consideration of America’s policy interests and presence in the region under the new circumstances. Many significant foreign policy events are covered in these files. Among these are the wars and their aftermath in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos; seizure of the Mayaguez and subsequent investigations into the …
… despite the fact that Republicans in both houses of Congress are outnumbered more than 2 to 1. , We also are on the move toward fresh new solutions for America's problems, soun6 solutions that draw their inspiration from the great good sense of … increase. He sits in the White House and watches and waits--until after the election. We are caught up in the crisis of the Vietnam War, a war which is costing us nearly 1,000 casualties a month and more than $1 billion a month in additional … increase. He sits in the White House and watches and waits--until after the election. We are caught up in the crisis of the Vietnam War, a war which is costing us nearly 1,000 casualties a month and more than $1 billion a month in additional …
… President Johnson. Salinger admitted that both of the administrations in which he had worked had been less than candid on Vietnam, had tried to put the best possible face on all of their actions when the facts showed otherwise, and both had … turned out to be not as successful as it was thought they would be." He blamed the public's feeling of resentment regarding Vietnam on the fact that "we backed into the war, the fourth bloodiest in our history." He said "the people suddenly felt cheated" because "We were there before we knew …
… AND ECONOMIC DOWNTURN PREVENT YOU FROM MEETING YOUR OBJECTIVE OF FINDING JOBS FOR AMERICA 1 S DISADVANTAGED ADULTS, VIETNAM VETERANS, AND NEEDY YOUNGSTERS. -3NOW# AFTER THE REPORTS I HAVE HEARD ON THE PROGRESS YOU HAVE MADE DURING THE FIRST … BUS I NESS# LABOR AND GOVERNMENT HAS PROVEN WiAT CAN BE DONE WHEN ALL SEGMENTS OF OUR AMERICAN SYSTEM WORK TOGETHER TOWARD COMMON OBJECTIVES. OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS# YOU HAVE DEVELOPED THE SKILL# THE KNOW-HOW AND THE COMMITMENT NECESSARY … I THINK THESE TWO ALLIANCE PROGRAMS ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT. \1\£ CANNOT -- AND MUST NOT -- FORGET THE VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR NOR CAN WE IGNORE AMERICA'S YOUNGSTERS. - 10 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ACHIEVED ALL THIS WITH ONLY THIRTY-FIVE …
… sent compact disks containing copies of materials relating to the recapture of the S.S. Mayaguez and other aspects of the Vietnam War to former President Gerald R. Ford. He donated them to the Ford Library. The CDs contain two sets of material. The first … concern the Mayaguez, the bulk of them date from 1965 to 1970 and concern these units’ involvement in other aspects of the Vietnam War. For the convenience of researchers, the Ford Library staff has printed to paper all operational records dating …
… 7'~(,...,'; ':" ,~---- . . : ., ' . --/-:. ' Admiral McCain was Commander-in-Chief. Pacific during the height of the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972. He retired when he completed that assignment. Admiral McCain began his Naval career upon graduation … McCain F1ather (whose husband is a Naval officer), Lieutenant Commander John A. McCain III (who was shot down over North Vietnam as a Navy pilot in 1967, and who returned to the active fleet after his release as a POW in 1973) and Joseph P. …
… ahead. economy in this quarter, assuming the General Motors strike is not too prolonged . The revival won't be a sharp upward surge. continuin g cutbacks in defense work. iVe are, after all, undergoin g But the fact remains that the policies of … We are adjusting to a massive decline in defense spending- -a 400,000 reduction in military manpower with a solution in Vietnam-- and at the same time the economy is cooling off from a long period of inflation ary overheati ng. The adjustmen t … rate history shows that the prime interest rate · was only 4.5 per cent in 1964. But deficit spending and escalation of the Vietnam War touched off an inflation that helped boost the prime interest rate to 7 per cent by 1968--a 55 per cent increase …
… the Administration's Big Lie--the fiction about 84 month~ of uninterrupted prosperity. Unit~ States And they are fearfully aware is being bled of its men and its treasure in that bottomles ~~n as Vietnam under the Administration's misauided and misdirected policies. Tonight I want to talk with you about the health and … urge every American to look at the record--to look, and compare. What does the record reveal? Today we are at war in Vietnam. Not seven years ago! (more) -3~ Tdday the Soviet Union is close to controlling the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. …
… outbreak of convulsive violence in the Nation's ghettoes and on its college campuses. The Sixties also brought the agony of Vietnam, when an America victimized by violence at home crept uncomprehendingly into the quicksand of a jungle war halfway 'round the world. And as we lived through the decade of the Sixties, it became apparent that the era of the New … are related to the objectives I have just outlined and to others as well. The top priority is, of course, to end the war in Vietnam. President Nixon is moving vigorously to end the American role in Vietnam and, hopefully, to end the war. He is …
… "as it was 11 when he took office. Richard Nixon assumed the leadership of a country massively entangled in a jungle war halfway around the world, a country which had suffered escalating inflation for nearly four years, a country in which … are related to the objectives I have just outlined and to others as well. The top priority is, of course, to end the war in Vietnam. President Nixon is moving vigorously to end the American role in Vietnam and, hopefully, to end the war. He is winding down the war and is doing everything he reasonably can to achieve a …
… President Johnson will wish he had never spoken For Americans are seriously worked up about inflation. They are quite aware that the Eisenhower dollar is now only worth 89 cents in the supermarket. And they are going to vote Republican. The … progress and, generally speakingl we are optimistic about most of the continents. And if we could only solve the problem in Vietnam, and we think we're on the way to doing that, we could have a world that is rather peaceful and generally prosperous." Now, Mr. Johnson knows better than that. Vietnam is a grave problem, but even i f it miraculously disappeared, this old world would be far from "rather peaceful" or …
… liked to kid about it. His favorite line about- growing bald in Congress was that he "grew into the job." -4Ulring World War 1 Paul served as a private first class in the Marine 6orps. He tells me he's the onJty private in the marines who dares … and it !!!! be a weapon against inflation. Another frequent question is: is going on?" "How can you cut spending while the Vietnam War The answer is that the level of domestic spending in the federal budget- entirely apart from defense requirements and the war in Vietnam-has gone up from $46 billion for fiscal 1965 to a proposed 866 billion for fiscal 1968. Two-thirds of the $28.3 …
… choosing and decision--yes, a moment of truth. Millions of Americans who have never doubted the rightness of our being in Vietnam are asking themselves a soul-searching, devastatingly disturbing question: Is the Vietnam War "winnable?" Can we really win in Vietnam? sense of unconditional surrender. Not "win" in the Not "win" in the sense of …