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1 INSURANC E BOS TO N, M A SSA CH US E TTS J OHN L. ALLEN, Gener al Agent ATLANTA , GEORGIA PHILIP S. GAGE , Special Representative John Hancock Bldg. Butler at H ouston Sts. N.E. ATLANTA, GE9RGIA 30303 T elephones Business : 523· 5891 Residence : 872-5404 26 Ma.y , 1969 . THE HONORABLE IVAN ALLEN MAYOR OF ATL NTA, GEORGIA My dear Mr . Mayor: Sometime s I wa.l k a.round the l a.ke i n Pi edmont Pa.r k . It i s a. beautiful par k ,- if you look heavenward and s ee a ll t he gorge ou s t r ee s . But if y ou look on t he ground or at the edge s of t he l ake, t he a s pec t is r evol t ing . I wi sh you had taken a W"B.l k ar ound the l a.ke yester d ay as I did. " Amer i ca. the Be autif ul 11 : is that a l augh ! But i t c ould be be autiful, Mr . Mayor, j ust a s our g ove r nment r e s er vations and many fo r e i gn countrie s a.re . The diffe r enc e hinge s on one l ittle word: DISCIPLI NE . For g oodnes s s ake get our park polic e men tra ined t o c a tc h t he pi g s in the act of de secr at ing our r e cr eat ion a r eas a.nd see t h a.t s ome wort h-rememb e ring s t iff f ine s a r e meted out. If t he r e i s any r e sis tance l et the pol ice lrnow t hey 'll be b ac ked up i f s ome one i s hurt. Yours fo r at le a st a f ew spot s i n t own whic h a r e u npollut ed by t he char ac t er s that u se t hem. Angrily~ our ~ I . . 3. fla_<t.L . o-·(f PHI LIP S . G E . Brig ad ier General, U. S. Army Retired . PSG/ s JOHN HANCOC K STILL MAKE S INDEPENDENCE POS S IBLE �