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· July 1, 1968 The Honorable Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. 68 Mitchell Street,SW Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: -·we, the entire membership of The Summerhill Council Of Womeri are very appreciative of- the many things you, as our Mayor, have done for the betterment of Atlanta and all of its people~ Many wonderful projects have been started and successfully completed under your administration, but we were especially pleased to see you on television conducting a tour of the low-income areas of our city with some business men, which also included our area. We sincerely fe e l that no other Mayor or any other public official could possibly show anymore interest in the needs of the very poor than you are showing. However, a fine young playwright named Tim Arkansaw has written a folk-play entitled "SUMMERHILL REVUE~' which is designed to depict the poverty story on stage for the general public to see. We feel that this is a very worth while project for our city to undertske · at this time . We have read the play, many groups and leaders throughout our and all agree thG3.t the staging of effective way to show Main Stream outstanding ministers, civic area have read copies 01 it, such a revue would be a very America how life is in the slums. As we see it, the play is not emotional, but has plenty of good humor, and at the same ti~e, gets the poverty message across to the audience in the form of fine entertainment. We have made a start, but we need help Mayor Allen. We are sending you a copy of the script to r e ad. We hope you like it and can think of some way to help us find a good sponsor or have some of the city agencies sponsor it. rt �July 1., 1968 Second Page We., as a group would lik e to meet with you at your convenience to disc u ss this matt er further. The Rev. Kin Jone s of The Trinity Methodist Church n e ar City Hall has offered us the use - of his church for our rehe ars als. This is very encouraging to us for a man of this statue to offer his church to us . Of cours e , we n e ed help in many more areas at this stage in our projectse Sincerely yours., n ·] 77 ti Xi~G--l,c:_.~ , ~ / /J,,ff- U, Mrs. Louise Jone s SEC RET.A.RY SUMMERHILL COUNCIL OF WOMEN 761 Fras er Stre et,SE At lant a , Geor gia - 30315 Telephone: 688 - 0420 ·c I �