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...Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, Miller...
...Like President Truman and President Lincoln before him, I found on my desk, where the buck stops, the urgent problem of how to bind up the nation's wounds. And I intend to do that...
...indication as to whether Rockefeller would also be on the ticket. The declaration was a striking break with the tradition that a President wait until election year to reveal his intentions. An aide close to the President explained that Ford's competitive instincts led him to emulate Presidents Truman and Johnson, both of whom inherited the presidency, and "make it on his own." He may also have wanted to assure Republican conservatives, some of whom only tolerate Rockefeller, that Ford intends to head the ticket. Whatever the case, the declaration erased any weakness he might have...
...make brief speeches to the House and Senate. "I just wanted to stop by today and say hello," he said, "and to officially inaugurate Pennsylvania Avenue as a two-way street." Both chambers responded with thunderous applause. As a further bipartisan touch, the President had a portrait of Harry Truman, whom Ford admires for his courage and straightforwardness, hung on a wall in the Cabinet Room next to a portrait of his other favorite President, Lincoln...
...Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman, Miller...