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Jerry Ford's hold on the future is still tenuous. Despite a successful transition year. Despite some encouraging economic signs. Despite the successful Mayaguez affair. Despite the Helsinki summit meeting...
Ford's current stature is based partly on his successes: his series of vetoes of Democratic spending measures, his rescue of the Mayaguez from the Cambodians, his growing forcefulness in dealing with foreign leaders. But his popularity rests, above all, on the change of tone he has brought to the White House. In contrast to his immediate predecessors, he is approachable, conciliatory and not consumed by personal ambition. He has divested the presidency of its imperial pretensions-with the invaluable assistance of his close-knit but independent-minded family (see page 10). So intent is he on demythologizing...
...harshly blamed Congress for refusing their futile request for last-minute increases in military aid. But the President mounted an impressive operation to remove the refugees without the bloodshed that had been predicted. Then he was handed an opportunity to display his mettle. The Cambodians seized the merchant vessel Mayaguez, and the President responded by sending in the Marines. The ship and its 39 crewmen were rescued at the cost of the lives of 41 U.S. servicemen. The use of force may have been theatrical and excessive, as critics charge. But Ford did give the world a lesson...
...same time, events overseas worked against some of the Democrats' planned initiatives. The Communist victories in Southeast Asia led even doves to support the defense budget so as not to encourage Communist aggression elsewhere, particularly in Korea. In addition, the popularity of Ford's handling of the Mayaguez incident further undermined any lingering interest among the Democrats in launching a broad attack on his foreign policy...
...depression, down from 43% in February. At the same time, the public greeted the end of the war in Southeast Asia with a sense of relief, probably because most people had long expected an eventual Communist victory. And more than four out of five Americans think criticism of the Mayaguez rescue operation was unfair...