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September 8, 1966 Honorable Ivan Allen, Mayor Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor . All of those who refused to stand up and fight, are now pra1s1n g you Which shows that those who do show st re ngth ani stand up for the rights of the people, are th e respect ed ones. When I read th e co ngratulatory message to you, from our U.S . Vic e Pre sident, I r emembered a sho r t while .ago, when he said,~ I do not bla me th em ( th e demenstrators; I Nould do it myself)~ I receiv ed a letter from our U.S . Senator, Richard B. Russell, _in answer to a letter which I had written him, in which ne stated,I quot e , " I made t he longest fight in th e histo ry of th e Senate against t he 1964 Federal Force bill and I predi ct ed at t ha t ti me th at i t was i mpossi bl e to satisfy th ese th e bill wa s suppos ed to benefit . Unha~pily, my predictions have be en more than born e out. The vostrs in ot her s ections of the country, have continued to increase th e s elf-styl ed "liberals" in th e congress.who will vot e for any pr ogram no matt er how f antastic, cat ering to t he whims an d demands of t he minority gr oups, and th e odds are heavy again s t those few of us who seek to pre s erv e Constitution al Gov ernment. I can , however , as sure you that we will f igh t this vi cious bill wit h every means at out comma nd." The Senat or ha d r eference to th e hou s in g bill, about whi ch I had written hi m. Mayor, in on l y a s hort wh il e, ou r yards and ou r homes wou ld become t he scenes of what hap pe ned i n S .E. At l anta. Let me s ay , "We are pr oud of ou r Mayor. Pr oud of some one who has the strength t o f i ght , and who is not afrai d to use it . �