William f. buckley interview with ronald reagan
Episode S, Recorded on January 14, Guests: Ronald Reagan, Thomas Plate For more information about this program..
Governor Ronald Reagan Interview on the Television Show “Firing Line” with William F. Buckley.
One in this talk/interview series hosted by William F. Buckley, Jr. In this edition, Buckley speaks with California Governor Ronald Reagan about his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. After introductions, Buckley begins by asking a hypothetical question to assess Reagan's ability to handle difficult situations: "What would you do if you were advised that a race riot had broken out in Detroit?" Reagan replies that he would stay uninvolved unless invited to intervene by the local authorities, and he talks about his handling of the campus riots during his tenure as governor of California in the 1960s.
Buckley next asks Reagan a series of questions prompting the governor to talk about the following: his support for the proposal of Congressman Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.) that all future United States bonds to be issued on a guaranteed purchasing power basis; his desire for American fuel-production independence by the year 1985; his strategies for dealing with unemployment; his pla