Correspondence: John C. Stennis; 10/20/1967 - 11/30/1967

              Dear Mr. Stennis,
	On the evening new I just saw you speaking on the current protestors against 
military conscription.  I regret to say that your comments seemed most inappropriate for 
one in a high position of public trust.  It is your duty, in case you may not be aware of it, 
to insure the rights of American citizens.  It is not your position to denounce and brand as 
"communists" people who are seeking to reform and change policies of government with 
which they do not agree.  It is, moreover, our practices which could be designated as 
outside the realm of American Government.  Our government is based on the principle 
that people have a voice in its policies.  People, such as yourself, who try to stifle dissent 
are the ones who are being "Un American," not those practicing the Democracy and 
freedoms they wish to preserve.
	Further, I would like to comment on another important incident which occurred 
today in, by coincidence, your own state of Mississippi.  Although the results of the