Search result
Displaying 141 - 160 of 921 results
Page 8 of 47
… foreign policy has absorbed much of the public's attention. We have been bombarded by a seemingly endless flow of events: Vietnam; The Middle East; NATO; U.S. - u.s.s.R. relations; Disarmament; China; Inda-Pakistan war; International monetary and trade problems. The very number and diversity of important events and the rapid pace at … The major problems confronting the United States on the international level in 1969 were: 1.) The U.S. involvement in the Vietnamese war; 2.) The unstable situation in the Middle East; 3.) The need to develop a working relationship with the …
… negotiation than the highly publicized pressure placed on the Soviet Union by an act of Congress. 11 President Ford warned against these amendments in 1974. In 197,± he raised the subject personally with Brezhnev HeJ sinl-:i in an effort to … for Y~·· Larc~s. ~;e So I &hink we ought to r ~ -·.·,._ ,.-.,. -~bo· \..L. \J • ,.~.___ .._~·- u" away ~rom we:fare :owaru worK. shif~ -- ··' ,ny ,, ... .,... y S"f"•r'O---+c-f '-C:•~.L u_-::' - ~·- The qt:est:.ion \v·as r.:"'le Vietnan:.ese … years over 24 iillion dollars in deficits, every year. Under Kennedy and Johnson even with the estra ordinary costs of the Vietnam war the aveaage deficit was definitely less than 4 billion dollars a year. Harry Truman was President for 7 years, …
… Diploma, college preparatory Randolph-Macon College Ashland, Virginia (September 1962 to June 1963) 30 semester hours towards liberal arts degree Chowan college Murfreesboro, N.C. (Septemb~r 1963 to June 1964) 30 semester hours towards liberal … on floor of U.S. Senate by Sen. Milward Simpson (R-Wyo), Sept. 2, 1965, for response to Women Strike for Peace anti-Vietnam teach-in at American University broadcast over WAMU-FM. FOREIGN LANGUAGE: French: read, fair; comprehend, poor; … MUST DO SOMETHING CONCRETE FRESHMAN REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN CAN BE COUNTED ON TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. ON THE SUBJECT OF VIETNAM AND THE PRESIDENT'S CURRENT POLICIES, I KNOW THAT I SPEAK FOR ALL NEW REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES …
… Lufthansa . . SenatorSennce 1s what you deserve the more you fly. Top of theWeek Indochina: The Last Days Page 6 The war in Indochina "is finished as far as America is concerned," said U.S. President Gerald Ford last week. But the ending was not quite as tidy as that, and some final, anguished scenes remained to be played out. In Saigon, a tearful South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu finally stepped down, lashing out bitterly at the U.S. for its alleged failure to … tightened their iron ring around the capital. Meanwhile, an evacuation airlift flew thousands of Americans, their South Vietnamese dependents and other refugees out of the country, as a huge U.S. armada stood offshore, poised for a final …
… Members of the Congress, both Democrat and Republican~ and the very eminent group of economists and guests. I look forward to a very beneficial and fruitful meeting this morning. This meeting marks the start of our national Conference on … to a 20 percent plus of Gross National Product represented by Federal expenditures. Of course, this was affected by the Vietnam War. But then, of course, the significant thing is that, even as that War was winding down, the totals of Federal … and the next chart will show it, is the simultaneous change of mix. Even as we were winding down the expenditures for the Vietnam War, we were reallocating priorities in massive ways. Defense reductions were being supplanted by substantial …
… Republican support in both Houses of Congress for the President's request for an additional $700 million earmarked for Vietnam. The joint effort mentioned the Republican Party's "continuing dedication to its uninterrupted history of bipartisan … Tb.e letter to Ford reminded "all those abroad who may hope that internal differences will sap American will and purpose in Vietnam, the unanimous Republican support of the President should make clear just how wrong they are," and that the … /s/ F. Bradford Morse, ~- /s/ William S. Broomfield, Mich. Is/ Charles A. Mosher, Ohio /s/ Robert F. Ellsworth, Kan. /s/ Howard W. Robison, N.Y. /s/ Peter H.B. Frelinghuysen, N.J. Is/ Herman T. Schneebeli, Pa. /s/ Frank J. Horton, N.Y. /s/ Garner …
… of fiexible farm prfr•e 11upport levels. In 1970, when the Omnlbllfl Farm Bill refiected the Administration'!~ policy toward modified production controls and contained a provision to limit ~ub!'idy payments to $5.'),000 per crop, Mr. Ford … called this \lcNamara's war."" On January 31, 1966, Ford said that the President's decision to resume the bombin,r of North Vietnam was one of the most critical in American history and "We ... hope and pray that this decision is the right one." •; On August 8, 1967, in a major speech on Vietnam, Ford rose to voice mlsgiTings "which have been growing tor many months" about the conduct of the Vietnam war. He …
… COMMAND Wednesday, April 9, 1975 Vol. 31, No. 98 Heavy Rgl,ting Erupts in Wet Delta Complied From AP and UPI SAIGON - North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces Monday engaged government troops in five provinces of the Mekong Delta and shelled the area near South Vietnam's largest fuel depot six miles southeast of Saigon. The fighting in the delta, South Vietnam's rice bowl and home of … Correspondent Robert C. Miller reported from the key Delta city of My Tho, 35 miles southwest of Saigon, that despite the war threat farmers were still preparing their rice Witnesses said the single plane swooped low over the modern four-story …
… President Lyndon B. Johnson to President Richard M. Nixon continued the trend, begun in the last several transitions, toward more careful advance preparations and greater continuity. In broad outline, the 1968-69 transition fulfilled the … matters. 14 This position, however, ignores the realities of modern government--such nagging problems as the Korean and Vietnam wars, the need for delicately timed decisions on economic policy, and the ever-present chance of a national … a great deal further than any of their predecessors in their publicly standing together on the Paris negotiations on the Vietnam war. At any rate, the necessity of being prepared to deal with major matters of domestic or international polic~ in …
… presentation even though he himself may not be able to a t tend. I'm also enclosing a copy of a Readers Digest article on Edward Marshall Boehm which I believe you will find of interest along with a copy of the official invitation that we are … to The President of the United ·states of the life sized porcelain sculpture "The Bald Eagle of Freedom" by Mrs. Edward Marshall Boehm on behalf of The Audubon Naturalist Society Friday April 2, 1976 at t: 8:30 P.M. Reply Card Enclosed … the vast majority of both black and white parents - but which Congress refuses to pass a Constitutional Amendment. 2. The Vietnam War - which many people believed to b e unconstitutional - but which the cou rts refused t o rul e on and Congress …
… Further, I wil·l not hesitate to veto any new spending programs adopted by the Congress. . . . -' additional s.tep :toward putting til'e Federal governm~nt 's house in order, I recommend r1 ve s~rcent ·. · l Federal, ay incr.ease · · . n all … the SALT agreeirients, our· new re+ati.on~h~p with ... China', the unprecedente ul.'- own security. j At the end of World War 1r; we turned a similar challenge into an historic achieyemenJ;. An old 9rd~r was in disarray; political and' econob11c … is the responsibility of the President. more (OVER) ' . "' -" ~ 12 '"'· In ;Jl'f!Qent years, under the·· stress of the-· Vietnam War, legislative restrictions on the, P:res1den't 's ·capability tp exequte ·foreign, and military decisions have …
… it contains copyrighted materials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to these materials. . War ·o·rphan flow to U.S. ieopa·rdized By James R. Hood DENVER (AP) - Efforts to bring war orphans to the United Stafes are … . We're trying to get , _. them out, but we don't know if we can make it," said . Sally Bergner of Friends of Children of Vietnam . "We don't know how much longer we can hold out." · ' MRS . B_ERGNER said' food costs have risen 200 per cent at … of 10 children arrives in Los Angeles today. ·1· "We just don't know how much longer we'll be able to operate in South Vietnam . We want to get f as many children out as , we possibly can," said Cheryl M a r k s o n, the group's executive …
… than its original plli-pose. A local committee believes that the old Federal (Post Office) Building shows enough promise to warrant detailed study as a possible community art center. · The structure appears to have the sturdiness and spaciousness … YOU WILL 12 13 BRING OUT ALL NIXON DID FOR THIS COUNTRY IN MAKING PEOPLE AWARE 14 OF POLLUTION AND TAKING STEPS TO END VIETNAM WAR WHICH WOULD 16 HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IF HE HAD NOT BEEN DISCREDITED, ALSO IN 17 MAKING SOME PROGRESS WITH RUSSIA, … Howard Hughes. Also this from a man who supported President Johnmon ·in sending 500,000 American troops to a no-win war in Vietnam when that seemed expedient. The issue with which I am concerned with is the pardon of foDmer President Nixon by …
… I get, then, to the point of unemployment. Certainly, this country cannot afford expanding unemployment. As Marty Ward has just said, some of our greatest skills in this country are being wasted today. This country.can't afford to waste. … you have already said,philosophically, whereby, in·terms of job programs,that we disagree very fundamentally in moving towards cutting the Federal budgets with no useful effect, perhaps, in terms of hindsight psychology. That the poorest of the … level. It has stepped up considerably from the 19 then to the 20 percent plus number. It was effected largely by the Vietnam war, as we all know. But for that matter, even as that war was over and we began to reduce expenditures for that …
… AUGUST 1975 DATE: Time Rec'd Staffing August 1 ---------- Time Up SUBJECT SIGNATURE Letter to William P. Lear Time Ret'd Forward to ~/o/7✓ Letter for John M. Slack re: future t ips to PRC J ~ ~ DOMESTIC - FYI 1. Callaway memo (7 /28) re: Weekly … 19, 1975 ---------- Time Up SUBJECT Time Ret'd FYI - 1. Marsh memo 8/19/75 re Proposed Military Enlistment Option for Vietnamese Refugees - Forward to ,Jf> August/4 1975 • MATERIAL FOR THE PRESIDENT - VAIL, COLORADO FOR THE PRESIDENT - FYI sl … ~ J / 14. Letter from William J. Zeoli U, I {)lk(,/''15. Memo from Marsh re Proposed Military Enlistment Option for _() 1 Vietnamese Refugees oJ, ~ C, f/ la. White Binder - Weekly Briefing Notes Compiled by Federal ul q-- Statistical System cJo …
… the oil companies? A. No, the import fee, by itself, will not increase industry profits. However, the fee will place an upward pressure .on the price for crude. Since the price for uncontrolled domestic crude will rise to meet the world price, … new UMW contract will add approximately $2-3 to the price of a ton of coal in 3 years. Other factors continue to exert upward pressure on coal prices, the most notable of which is the return to the use 'of less expensive coal in place of ·higher … the discussion of foreign policy is the responsibility of the President. In recent years, under the stress of the Vietnam war, legislative restrictions on the President's ability to execute foreign policy and military decisions have …
… .Ji, 1 ,., _ ....... , ...... 11','• ~ ··,•)/ Esca!a ·o Gov. Ronald Reagan said today he favored a sharp escalation of the war in Vietnam to win it "as quickly as possible." But he told a news C(lnference th.!t decisions on the type escalation should be … to be drawn into criticism of Michigan Gov. George Romney for his statement that he had been "brainwashed" during a trip to Vietnam. He said Romney, an unannounced contender for • the GOP Presidential nomination, had "made his explanation" of the …
… Adams Motion Picture and Television Executive Shana Alexander Writer x~r:r,i?r~~l'o~ Ted Ashley Co-Chairman of the Board Warner Bros., Inc. David Begelman President, Columbia Picturet Richard Brandt President, Trans,Lux Corporation David Brown … a first-rate job. This was one film where we had no producer bothering anybody. Question: Why were there no films on the Vietnam War like Memphis Belle or Why We Fight? Wyler: I don 't know . There must have been some . Heston: Sure there were. You have to remembe r television covered the Vietnam War. It was a somewhat different situation. There were all kind s of documentaries on television. In World War II …
… by me. I think there are some good provisions in that particular House action. It does tend to equalize the benefits for Vietnam veterans with the benefits that were given to World War I I and to Korean veterans. There are some, I think, inequities, and you probably pointed out one. I hope when the … by me. I think there are some good provisions in that particular House action. It does tend to equalize the benefits for Vietnam veterans with the benefits that were given to Worid War II and to Korean veterans. There are some, I think, …
… probable and more effective unless the deterioration in the u.s. position is arrested. The change in foreign attitudes toward the u.s. has also been evident in the wave of hostility toward our foreign investments which have resulted in the growing tendency of expropri~tion. Regardless of the adequacy of … so-called fiscal dividend for the - indefinite future. took hold. Budget deficits ballooned and inflation Admittedly, the Vietnam war was a factor, but it was a minor factor when compared with the explosion of social programs which was the real …