[Rarebooks] FS: Fine Gerald Ford Letter on Protests against Nixon's Handling of the Vietnam War, 1969

[Charles Agvent]

FORD, Gerald R. TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). Washington, 22 October 1969. 
Interesting letter on Office of the Minority Leader stationery thanking 
the recipient for his letter concerning the attitude of students and 
teachers towards Nixon's handling of the Vietnam War. In part: "....Too 
many of our students act without knowing the facts and are too easily 
swept away by the emotions of the moment. When they have an opportunity 
to discuss the issues with a well-informed instructor they are 
reasonable. As you know, in some cases college instructors are as 
unreasonable and emotional as some of the students.... I am enclosing a 
copy of my newsletter of October 20 [not present but available online] 
in which I outlined briefly my views on the Moratorium. As usual, we are 
in precise agreement." SIGNED "Jerry." The Moratorium to End the War in 
Vietnam, on 15 October 1969, was a massive demonstration and teach-in 
across the United States against the United States involvement in the 
Vietnam War, the first time protest against the war reached the level of 
a full-fledged mass movement. It was followed a month later by a large 
Moratorium March in Washington. In response to the Moratorium, on the 
evening of 3 November 1969, Nixon went on national television to give 
his "silent majority speech" asking for the support of the "silent 
majority" of Americans for his Vietnam War policy. Ford, not yet Nixon's 
vice president, was in lockstep with Nixon on Vietnam, as is evidenced 
by the newsletter he mentions which lays out his views on both the 
Moratorium and Nixon's handling of the war: "The current attack on 
President Nixon can be likened to the football team which attacks its 
own quarterback. They may vent their emotions but they are not going to 
win the game." Fine. (#020436)        $400

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