Letter sent to President Richard Nixon by unknown

mr. hiyan: November 13, 1969 we fear your "Silent majority speech has only served to widen the chasm between those who support your policies and those who don't The air is bristling with tension. We feel it all around - clase friends and neighbors are now taking sides, whereas before your "call" to speak out - there was science and peace between us! Even the children in elementary grades are fighting and arguing most viciously. you have forced, at last, the non-vialent to become violent and the already militant to become more so! your speech, mr. Xiyon was a most dreadful mistake. november 13, 1969 Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum