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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL GEORGE MEANY WM. F. SCHNITZLER GEORGE MEANY WALTER P. REUTHER GEORGE M . HARRISON JAMES B . CAREY H A RRY C . BATES DAVID J . McDONALD DAV ID DUBIN SKY WM . F. SCHNITZ LER SECR£TARY - TR [A5UA[ R WA LTER P. REUTHER WM. C. BIRTHRIGHT DAVID J . McDONALD JOSEPH CURRAN JOSEPH D . KEENAN RICHARD F. WALSH JAMES A . SUFFRIDGE PAUL L. PHILLI PS PAUL HALL GEORGE M . HARRI SON JAMES B. CAREY EMIL RIEVE MAURICE A. HUTCHESON JACOB S. POTOFSKY LEE W . MINTON 0 . A. KN IGHT PETER T. SCHOEMANN HERMAN D . KEN I N HARRY C. BATES D AV ID DUBINSKY WM. L. McFETRID GE A. J . HAYES A. PHILIP RAN D OLPH JOSEPH A . BEIRNE KARL F. FELLER L. M. RAFTERY JOHN J . GROGAN 17~17 81 5 SIXTEENTH STREET. N .W . WASHINGTON 6, D. C . NATIONAL 8 -3870 September 7, 1966 The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: I would like to add my thanks for the outstanding job which you did last night in frustrating the so-called riot put on by agent provocateurs. It is apparent that a strenuous effort was made to inflame the race issue in erder to influence the upcoming primary. We are all in your debt. Very warm personal regards. E.T. Kehrer, Southern Area Directo r AFL-CI0 Civil Rights Department Suite 1422 40 Marietta Street, N. w. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 ETK : sjs opeiu #21 afl -cio / �