Word: ethnicization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...become President." At another point, he said with extravagant alliteration: "He wanders, he wavers, he waffles and he wiggles." In this week's final debate, Ford is prepared to claim that Carter has had to apologize for no fewer than eight blunders during the campaign, including his "ethnic purity" remark and his suggestion that church properties be taxed. The Ford camp believes his declaration will effectively offset any Carter reference to Ford's gaffe on Eastern Europe...
...laughing matter for Jerry Ford. It echoes his troubles among Polish Americans and other people of Eastern European descent who make up 10% or more of the population in such pivotal states as New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. A loss of a relatively few ethnic votes in those battlegrounds could cost Ford dearly, and many of these voters were surprised and offended by his celebrated gaffe in the second debate with Jimmy Carter. "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe," said the President ingenuously, adding that Poland is "independent and autonomous...
Wasting No Time. Ethnic voters waited impatiently for a retraction from Ford, and many thought it was too long coming. Finally a delegation of 18 American ethnic leaders visited the White House at the invitation of the President. Afterward, Aloysius (Al) Masewski, president of the Chicago-based Polish National Alliance, announced that he was satisfied. "What I wanted Ford to say was that it was a mistake...
...Polish Americans for 30 years, that would grant medical benefits to Poles and Czechs now living in America who fought under the Allied command in World Wars I and II. Wasting no time, Ford put his signature on the bill in a Rose Garden ceremony, while cameras rolled and ethnic representatives beamed...
...subject of Eastern Europe: "Now we concede for the time being that the Soviet Union has that military power there, but we subscribe to the hopes and aspirations of the courageous Polish people and their relations in the U.S." Had he gone far enough to win back the ethnic voters? On the surface, it appeared that he had. Campaigning in the East last week, he ran into no heckling in ethnic neighborhoods. In Yonkers, N.Y., he was cheered by crowds waving SLOVAK AMERICANS FOR FORD signs. In Union, N.J., he was greeted with signs proclaiming JA CIE KOCHAM (Polish...