Letter from Ann C. Gannett to President Gerald R. Ford Regarding the Pardon of Former President Richard Nixon

as The of Massachusetts Houtse nf Representatitres State gouse, inston ANN C. GANNETT Member 38TH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT Committee on Education 85 OLD CONNECTICUT PATH WAYLAND - 01778 Committee on Transportation September 9, 1974 RE Dear Mr. President: your pardon of Mr. Nixon has shattered the renewal of hope created by the beginning weeks of your administration. The action casts doubt on the credibility of the new openness and in- tegrity which was beginning to be restored at the White House. As a person, I feel betrayed; it sickens me to even think that this was the plan all along. As a Republican, I am afraid you have destroyed the chances for re-election of many 106 us throughout this nation. In this state, you may have dealt us a mortal blow. Our party is in a sorry condition here anyway; now we shall have to spend the rest of the campaign explaining the issue we hoped had been laid to rest. As an American, I can never explain to my- self or to anyone else how it can be honorable to subvert "equal justice for all". ANN C. GANNETT sincerely, Aleeu C. Jane STATE REPRESENTATIVE ACG : pa GERALO