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OMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMISSION ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, NOVEMBER, 1966 1£03 CITY HALL, ATLANTA GEORGIA 30303 TELEPHONE 5U-H63 EXT. H3 October 3, 196 7 Mr . Rudolph Bing Metropolitan Opera HQuse Lincoln Cent r for the Performing Arts Lincoln C nter Plaza New York , New York De.ar Mr . Bing 1 I know that yo u have received communications r ecently f rom Mrs . Ki ng and other Atlanta citizens concerned over the plane for the 1968 Oper season in Atlante . I very much appreciated Mr. Robinson ' s reply to my letter of June 5, forwarding report of a meeting which was held with Mr. Kennedy , official of the Atlanta J unior League and mambera of the Atlanta Committe for Cultural Oppo~tunitios . We appreciat the di fficulty which those in charge heva in making tic ket~ available to new persons , but we are also aw re of th gro i ng feeling of many Atlanta residents that these opportunities must be oxt.endod ton w group . I recall th t M:r . Kennedy explained that v r l y era go , rearrang monts w re made abo ut eaeon tic kets a th t the numb r of perfor one a included i n e season tick t as reduc d and th reby additional tic k t were m de av ilable for many p rson . Pert, p rearrange~ n f tic k ta could be m de for n ><t ya r . We look forward to working with all of tho e wh~ h v to provide thi opportunity for Atl nte . don GO Sincerely , (Mrs . ) Eliz K. P schall Ex cutive Director Et<P;mt CC : t yo:r: lvan All n , J r . r . M rtin Luther King , J r . M~. Alfred Kennedy h �