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. Serving All the Services An a uthorized puhlicntion of the U.S. Armed F orces. publi~hecl in four e,Hlions da ilv' at 'l'okyo. J apnn by P acific Sta rs and Stripes. APO 9650::. for t he CINCPAC under oppra tional control of CINCUSARPAC. Eclitor int opinions exprc~sed a re not necessarily those of the Department of Defense. This pai::e is intended to present various views on issues of the clay, Opinions nrc n ol ccessarily those of this n ewspaper. P acific Star s :tncl Stripes is dis tributed to authorized 11crsonncl in the PACOM nrea ·for 10 cents dail~·. 15 cents Sntnrday (or Sundn.~·) . Subscriptions are S2.!i0 monthly or $30.00 yearly a nd must b e paid in advance per AR 230-5 rtnd AFR 176-1. (Personnel in Vietnnm are a uthorizrd pn.pers without charge through their unlL) Second class p o. tage pnid. nt Post Office, San Francisco. Cal. Lt. Col. William V. Schmitt, USA .... , ,. .. ,, ., , Officcr-in-Cliari::e i\fo j. I,:d Swinney. USAF .................... Executive Officer Cnpt. D"Arcy E Gt·is icr, USMC ... Administrative, Lial~on ~fficer Lt. Col. Ro)' 'l'hompFon Jr., USA ................ . , OIC. Vietnam Gordon A. Skcan ................................ C-<'n c r :1 l ' i\fan ag-cr 1.i:rn c,~t A. Rich ter ••••••• , , ••••••••••••• , ••••• , • ?.-Ianng-in g r~ditor Bruce Biossc:tt Why Atlanta Has Cause for Worry ATLANT~ TLANTA, like the great northern citi_es, is worri~d about its summertime. Memory of its two rac1a "disturbances" last September still runs strong. Those bl'ief but explosive events sullied Atlanta's image as t he perfect model of a racially harmonious southern city. A Both white and moderate Negro leaders are concerned that worse outbursts could occur in 1967. Rumors nm through Atlanta that militant, even radical, elements a re preparing to take advantage of any trouble tha t might develop. There are reports of small , - . ,;~:->>.:! . . , ., arms being sold on the streets to Negro .~----·~~.~ ~-.,_ teen-agers. . -~ ... ..,. !'.,.; \ What really lies at the base of this unsettled mood is the fact tha t Atlanta, one of the nation's real boom towns, has no, grown to the point where it has taken o~ the problems and difficulties of the typica modern American metropolis. Its special immunity is vanishing. "model" aspects are blun-ed and may be one altogettLer Says one Negro leader here: "What the city is finding out is tha this whole movement is not about a han burger (lunch counter dc.-egregation) . ff. about better schools, housing and job.-." A white scholar add : BIOSS/\T " We in Atlanta have progressed cnoug to have acqui red some of the same problems northem cities have And we're stupid enough to have created some or the sam problems, too." Currently the city is torn by argument over loca tion o certain new Negro housing. Under Mayor Ivan Allen, some low-rent public hou ·ing uni and some privately financed Negro dwellings are planned for ju one large area where Negro housing is already heavily concentrated NAACP leaders are bitterly contesting the plan on the ground i will fo ter further growth of a sector that is well on the way t becoming the city's single . huge Negro ghetto. They want the ne construction spread beyond this southwest Atlanta area. FOR LONG years, a good part of the city's Negro populatio was, in fact. scatter ed widely in "poverty pocket.-" of varyin size. The commercial boom, tile freeway network and ur ba renewal have combined to v.ripe out many of the e pocke altogc•ther. Others are on the way to disappearin!!. Displace Negroes move to the swelling southwestern "wedge" wl1ere it ·, now propo. ed to add the controversial housing. The issue is not yet re olved. But leaders see it as a troubl some factor in the equation that keeps Atlanta in haky peace. A moclc•stly hopeful step, growing out of ta. Se1itellllit:nviolence. was the city's creation of a Community Relation Commi. ion- a 20-memher group led by a respected attorney, lrvina Kah le N~g,~oes and whites ajjke commend the inquisitive heari;~~s co1 m1ss1011 panels have held in various slum sector . Slum residcn have had ample chance to air grievances. But, since the commission has only advisory authority. 01 Negro leaders are skeptical of the prospect of m uch real benefit. The c-rcdit to Atlanta for smoothly desegregating public ~ commodahons and some schools has worn thin. l\Iost Neg leaders today sec the city as just another Chicago or Clcvelan<.I 11ut domg enough about schools, jobs and hou, ing. (Newspaper Enterprlse Assn.) The most difficult of all virtues is the forgiving spin Revenge seems to be natural with man; it is human want to get even with an enemy. - William Jennings Bry �