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Sum-Mee Neighborhood Service Center 65 Georgia Avenue, S. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30315 August 1, 1966 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the City of Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Dear Sir: We take this opportunity to express our support for the recommendations made by the citizens group convened by Mr. Bennie Smith on Thursday, July 27th. Our members have been polled and we are authorized to attach our names to the following recormnendations: I. II. That the Mayor and Board of Aldermen be urged to appoint a Human Relations Commission, with power and a paid staff, for the purpose of acting upon matters which need attention in neighborhoods and that "grass roo t s" representation be included in the appointments. That all leaders be asked to use their influence to suspend demonstrations until the Mayor and Boa rd of Aldermen could act on the r ecommendation, Monday, August 1, 1966. We believe that such a Human Relations Commis sion would offer a permanent channel of connnunication through which solutions to probl ems could be sort and that crisis situations preven ted . We sincere ly hope t ha t the Mayor and Board of . Alder men give thes e r ecommendations favorable considerat ion . Very truly your s, Miss Dori s Alexa nder, Convenor Technical Neighborhood Advisory Committee Rev . BB Bowens Mr . Harry Chance Rev CD Colbert Mr. William Dunn Mr . CG Ezzard Rev. Edgar Grider Mrs • M Y Greene Mrs. Betty James Rev BJ J ohnson Mrs. Eva Lindsay Mr. Ralph Mitche l l Rev W J Rowe Mr. Reubin Stafford Rev L M Terrill ML Victor Franc o Mrs. Sara Kel l ey Mrs. A J Lacy �