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MaY 20, 1967 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Ga. Dear Mr. Mayor: I am a resident of Soutlnvest Atlanta, and an active participant in Southwest Atla.ntans for Progress ("SWAP"). Yesterday I met with a group including the Community Relations Council. I was asked by one member, "What can we do to help. 11 As I am confident that they reflect your desire to foster activities which can validate and improve Atlanta as a place to live, I am writing to suggest a possible way in which you could help us do our part of this job. \ A positive letter of support for the direction we are tald.ng in attempting to stabilize our cunnnunity as a thorough]¥ integrated one would be quite encouraging, especially if permission were granted to publish the letter through Atlanta news media. I have no intention of attempting to direct such a letter . should you write one, but offer the following i deas as possible s eeds for your own t hinki ng . 1. Support of the idea of a stabilize d community a s a s tarti ng p oint for a s t abilized (and integrated) Atlanta . 2. Open housing agreements or l egislation . 3. The maintainance, and even enhancement, of school quality and of public services in this area o 4. A statement of your continued interest in and observation of what is going on here . The preceding are by no means exhaustive. Mr. Shelton, Mrs. Bullard, or others of your Council may be offered as persons who have talked with some of us on the spot and would perhpas have politically appropriate suggestions to make. Very t~4',_. ~§' ~,I?~ Fred L. ~hoenberger 420 Lynhurst Dr., ~.w. Atlanta, Ga. 30311 �