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GERALD R. FORD

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GERALD R. FORD
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>GERALD R. FORD </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><BR><BR></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;text-transform: uppercase'>Ford On Foreign Aid & Veterans Affairs</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'><BR><BR>(b. 1913). Thirty-eighth President of the United States (1974-77). TLS “<i>Jerry Ford</i>” as Michigan congressman, 1½pp, 4to, Washington, DC, Nov 8, 1963. Excellent political content. To a constituent on his Congressional letterhead concerning the House bill for WWI veterans’ pensions. In part, “...<i>Your views and mine on the general operation of Congress and on the mutual security program are in substantial agreement. A better leadership on the part of the majority party in the Congress would have produced a more efficient and effective first session of the 88th Congress...as a member of the Subcommittee on Appropriations for the Foreign Operations I can assure you that the foreign aid appropriation bill...will call for expenditures substantially less than the $3.5 billion authorized by the House...however, I must confess that I do support the present position of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. With the annual deficit approaching $10 billion and the national debt about $307 billion we do have to give consideration to the fiscal aspects of any program. Furthermore, Chairman Olin Teague...has pointed out that our pension and compensation programs today do meet the basic needs of the vast majority of our veterans...You will note further that President Kennedy has indicated his firm opposition to the bill which means that even if the Congress should pass the bill, it would be vetoed by the President.</i>..” Boldly signed 14 days before JFK’s assassination. Fine.</span></p>