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...also took steps to cement U.S. ties abroad. Press Secretary J.F. terHorst said that Ford has accepted an invitation to visit Rumania, probably some time after his trip to Japan in late fall...
Will Run. The choice of Rockefeller set off speculation that Ford would run for President in 1976 and Rockefeller would be his running mate. Rather than discourage such talk about his future, Ford disclosed through Press Secretary J.F. terHorst that he "probably" will run in 1976, though he gave no 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...
Rockefeller said that he believed Ford would probably run for President in 1976. Press Secretary J.F. terHorst was bombarded with queries. He caught the President and walked with him by the Rose Garden. "It's this way," Ford said. "As I told the Governor, I have changed my mind because conditions have changed. I didn't think I would run. Now I probably will run." TerHorst, who reported the Nixon years for the Detroit News, was not quite ready for the new order himself. "Is it all right to put that out?" he asked...
...TerHorst's own performances so far at White House briefings have been relaxed, businesslike and occasionally jovial. When a Dutch correspondent asked last week if the press secretary's forebears came from Holland, terHorst provoked laughter by replying in fractured Dutch. When he confessed that he simply did not know the answer to one question, instead of trying to evade it, a few reporters burst into applause...
...Washington newsmen got acquainted with Jerry terHorst in his new job, and speculated about the treatment the press can expect from President Ford, one voice reversed the question: How should the press treat Ford? Veteran Washington Post Columnist David S. Broder had some pointed advice for his colleagues. "We can play a helpful part in bringing the presidency back to human scale," he wrote, "if we back off just enough to let Jerry Ford have room to be himself." Broder then offered three self-restraining reforms...