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Pno Pardon of RN
PIZZA
CORPORATION OF
AMERICA
P.O. BOX 2817
WICHITA, KANSAS 67201
316-685-0381
September 9, 1974
RE
President Gerald Ford
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C.
20570
Dear Mr. President:
Your Sunday announcement granting Presidential Amnesty to Richard Nixon,
while not a politically expedient move, was a decision representing
compassion, understanding and sympathy. It further demonstrated your
courage in doing what you believed to be right and proper. Many Kansans
applaud your decisions.
America is nearly sick to death of Watergate. Our need to act upon the
challenges of today far outweigh any need to wreck revenge on those who
may have contributed to yesterday's problems.
Do not allow our press or your liberal opposition to dwell too long on
their argument of "double-standards. Too many examples of these double-
standards exist in our recent history in which past Presidents, Presidential
candidates and prospective Presidential candidates have played a leading
role.
Let us join together in the business of protecting our tomorrows and not
waste another precious moment in dwelling on yesterday's errors.
Sincerely,
GERALO P.
ROBERT W. McNEELY
RWMcN: dp
Owners and Operators
of PIZZA HUTS
AMEX PZA
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