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February 5 , 1969 Mr . Al an Shaw 136 Peachtree Memorial Drive , N. Apartm~nt H- 11 Atlant , Georgia 30309 w. Dear Mr . Shaw: Thank you very much for your recent letter to Mayor Ivan Allen , Jr ., hich has been forwarded· to this department . · I , too , sincerely appreciate your bringing this matter to my attention and you may rest assured a full investigation is under way regarding the use of the ord "nigger0 twice in the presence of out- of .... town guests and tourists ttending the cyclor ama lecture . You are certainly right that there is a definit e 1 ck of sophistic tion and culture on the part of some of the cyclorama lecturers . I h sitate tom ke this dmission , but it is a fact and one th th been vividly brought to the attention of the City for many ye rs . On one occ sion when av cancy xisted t th Cyclorama , the Personnel Department somehow failed to list the s lary in th ant d . The applicants who respond d to the dvertisement w re ell-groomed, educ t d ladie _.,. the type you would typic lly expect to run into when buying plane ticket or renting U- Drive- It . This i th type of employee we ould hope to h . ve t th Cyclor , ut th pr ent · 1 cy ?chedul si ly will not attr ct th t type of I will say in $Oil\8 limited defens of th l dies p.t' ntly to Grant P rk th t they have , :i,n most in tan , dis 1 y _ k int re t in their ork -. Sever 1 of th h Ve tr v 1 a. ( t. th ir own x ns ) to m et various individu 1 who worked on th foreground _nd on th painting itself. 8 ch y r h v pproxim t ly 300 , 000 p id vi itor th Cyclor nd out of that numb r w will r c iv plaint in writing ~ Thi is six complaint too ny , r liz th t for veey citizen who will tak ti , to bring probl to th tt ntion of th City , th r who ar indiff rent or who ill not t k the troubl. t y constantly cone rn d bout th conduct of 11 of our in th v riou 1 v.e n division of thi d p rtm nt.. Th r �Mr . Alan Shaw - 2 - complaint on the part of most visitors the attendants Were 11 rlld8 o II Febru ry 5, 1969 ho do write us is that · e ha re insi sted to our employees, who were under Civil Service , that the cycloram is one place t hat most all v i sitors to Atlanta go. Thus 1 in many c ases it is the only impression stranger ill receive of our community. For something to spoil this impression or to injure the rapport we know an out- of-towner f els with our City is simply tr gio. I pledge to you r n wed effort on rrPJ part to see that the cyclorama is o rat d in some qu lity manner. Finaily , you c n rest ssur d th t the As sistant Gen r l n gr of arks for field oper tions ~1 11 person lly atter"pt to determine rhich lecturer used the wor d 11 nigg r , and disciplinary a ction will be brought g inst that person . Sincer ly , Jack c. Delius Gen rel M nager of P rks na R er ation JCD : jw cc: / Honorab 1e Ivan ll n , Jr ., ~ayor tr . Pierce Whitley , s t . Gen . Mgr. of Park (w/encl.) �