Bilingual Brouhaha

The bilingual problem in California upsets me (NATION, Aug. 25). Americans should have only one language, and that is English. As an Indian, I know whereof I speak. When I travel to southern or eastern India, I am a foreigner ) in my own country because I cannot speak the local language. No country can have a sense of unity if it speaks 35 or 40 different languages. That is what will happen to the U.S. if it gives in to the supporters of bilingualism.

Hari Singh

West Lafayette, Ind.

As a member of a Cajun family that has spoken French...

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