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3510 Indian Lane Dora ville, Ga. 3004 0 Sep t ,ember 19, 1966' Mr. Ivan Allen, Mayor City of At ,lanta, Geo)r g,i a De>ar Mayor Allen, P1ease allo-w us to and our· co-m11ents to the gtrowing number of them, that are no doubt coming aeross your desk these weeks after your reC"ent confrontation with the ~orry issue that has come to pass in the wonde·rful city of Atlanta. Ar-though, living in Deiralb County, we are not ac,tual residents or, the city, what affec·ts Atlanta very mucb affects us in the outer limits. Having lived over thirty-five years in the city of Pitt.sburgh before coming to the Atlanta area five years ago, we feel that we can speak -f'or the situat.ions in the northern· cities with some authority. Le-t the colored people here know they get a much fairer· shake herein A"tlanta than they would ever get in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicag or wherever·. It is high time that the truth of the si tuat i o,ns be told - in the news media thr·oughout the <rountry. We' thank you, Mayor Allen for your courage in going into the confusion· and bringing about rapid order f'rom the chaos. Dep artment~ indeed deserves e; · The Police medal of honor ••• pa rticularly the colored po·lice 1vho· were very much in evid ence a t the si tu a t ion. This situ ati on, covered in depth by the television, r a dio and the news- magazines- wiTF fie a real eye ope ner ! hr t, os e whose hobl!>y is t,o gi ve a "b la ck-eye" to the south. Where were th e Mayors of Chicago, Dayton, and whe-Tever when eonfusion rei gns? At their desk with the phone - far' from the ecene. In all ~~rresponden c e and phone calls we have had from our families and friends throughout Penn sylvan ia and Oh•io, the constant. c'Omment was "Hats off to your Mayor· down there - he s ure d.oesn ' t stand for much jazz " , does he?? Maybe Atlanta·•·s · fmage ean· be -the Jfegi·n ning.- of a g,o-od show to br-in~· about. the ending of this trav.·e ling d.isru tion of' all our major cities in this country. T'elI us, Mayor Allen, what can Mir. and Mrs. Average Critizen, ~o to, help you:? S1.'n eerely, ')?;:r r,t J '1 )?i,77 ~/ ' duu-c---if '7x/. Mr. & Mrs. Louis R. Pruecht, JJ,"·. �