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Woodcock, Henry
Ford back Carter,

THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, May 8, 1976
Ford 'begins anew' in Neb., fights
to bounce back from primary defeats


(Csntioiiued r-n'r Pu e
to lose"
The endorsement from Wood-
cock had long been anticipated
by UAW observers, but Ford's
sudden entry into the picture
was a surprise.
WHEN PRESSED on whether
he would support Carter in the
general election campaign,
Ford said, "Well, I'll have to
decide that later.'
Ford made his Democratic
endorsement at a $500-a-ticket
cocktail fundraiser which pre-
ceded the dinner, where he was
joined by General Motors Pres-
ident E. M. "Pete" Estes,
Chrysler Chairman John Ricar-
do, and about 40 other promi-
nent Detroiters.
Neither Estes nor Ricardo
committed themselves to the
Carter campaign.
WOODCOCK, in his endorse-
ment at the airport press con-

ference, said: "It is time to end
the Civil War and bring this
countrv together into one na-
tion. There could be no better
symbol of reconciliation than
to elect a President from the
genuine South - the new South
one who listens to the peo-
ple instead of the traditional
politicians."
THE LABOR leader said he
believes the "crucial issue" of
the 1976 presidential campaign
is jobs.
"Most people in this country
want to work -- they want to
build a better America for
themselves and their children.
They are tired of hearing the
mast frequently used four-let-
ter word of the Ford Adminis-
tration - veto. They are ready
tor a President who will use
only one four-letter word in the
White House - jobs."

OMAHA, Neb. 0,-President
Ford, arriving here in the na-
tion's heartland yesterday, de-
clared that his campaign for
nomination "begins anew right
here in Nebraska."
Seeking to bounce back from
four recent Republican primary
defeats by Ronald Reagan,
Ford told reporters that success
in his campaign is "essential to
maintain momentum" for peace
in the world and faith and trust
in the presidency at home.
FORD SAID he is mounting
"a fight that's going to continue
rolling back the bureaucracy
and federalbspending, maintain-
ing peace abroad and prosperity
at home into the next four-year
White House term."
"The fight to achieve the pres.
idency in the next four years
begins anew here in Nebraska,"
the President told the welcom-
- ----

ing crowd at Offutt Air Force
Base. "The fight will be con-
tinued until we prevail in Kan-
sas City in August this year."
The President returns to his
Nebraska birthplace for his first
out-of-town campaigning since
losing the Indiana, Georgia, and
Alabama primaries to Reagan
last week.
THOSE LOSSES, coupled with
the defeat in Texas, have left
Ford on the short end of a 366-
292 committed-delegate score.
Press Secretary Ron Nessen
declined to predict the outcome
in next Tuesday's primary but
said, as he has before, "The
President is going to win the
nomination and the election."
Peter Kaye, spokesman for
the President, said the President
Ford Committee has spent only
$40,000 in the state, mostly in a
telephone campaign to 70,000
voters. Nebraska is the smallest
of all the contested primary

states so far, with 25 delegates
at stake.
DESPITE TALK about a new
Ford strategy to stop the Rea-
gan advance, Nessen said, "If
this trip looks different from any
other trip, it has nothing to d
with a reassessment."
The two-state 'rip included a
visit to the park at the place
where Ford was born and a
stop today in Independence, Mo.,
for the dedication of a statue of
Harry Truman, one of Ford's
predecessor-heroes.
Sen. Howard Baker (R-Tenn.)
emerged from a meeting with
Ford yesterday saying that if
Ford loses in Michigan, the
state he represented in Con-
gress, May 18, the effect would
be bad and "might even be
devastating."
Ford's campaign director, Ro-
gers Morton, acknowledged the
possibility of a Ford defeattin
Michigan.
Baker said he doesn't think
it's likely thatFrd will lose the
nomnination

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