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3211 SANDUSKY DR IVE DECATUR; GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 14, 1966 lfAYOR IVAN ALLEN CITY HALL ATLANTA, GEORGIA DEAR MAYOR ALLEN: IT HAS BEEN NOTED BY THE PUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES;WHERE YOU DID A COURAGEOUS THING IN GOING AMONG YOUR SUBJECTS DURING A RECENT PUBLIC DISORDER. You ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THIS BIT OF GALLANTRY ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, AND I DO NOT FEEL AS SOME HAVE IMPLIED THIS ACT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. J HONESTLY FEEL THAT YOU ARE ACTING IN THE BES T INTEREST OF A LL CONCERNED . BUT THERE IS ONE THING I AM UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND THAT IS WHY YOU WOU LD PUSSY FOOT AROUND WITH TH IS GROUPE OF PEOPLE WHEN YOU MUST REALIZE NO AMOUNT OF TALKING WILL DO ANY GOOD. PERHAPS I AM WRONG, BUT I AM OF THE OPINION THE ONLY THING THESE PEOPLE WILL UND ER STAND IS FORCE. ALSO IT IS MY UNDER STANDING THAT A $10.000 REWARD HAS BEEN OFFERED FOR INF0RJ1ATION LEADING TO THE CAPTURE OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTING OF A NEGRO BOY . THIS I FEEL IS GOOD, BUT WOULD 'l.'HE SAME THING HAVE HAPPENED IF A WHITE BOY HAD BEEN SHOT. ALSO ONE OF THE ATLANTA P OLICEMAN WAS SHOT, BUT VERY LITTLE HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THIS, fv'HY? !fR. MAYOR, I AM ALL FOR LAW AND ORDER AND I DO NOT BELIEVE IN HATE GROUPS, BUT I DO BELIEVE A PERSON BLACK OR WHITE SHOULD EARN THE RIGHT TO BE RESPECTED. I DO NOT BELIEVE IN FREE HANDOUTS LIKE THE POVERTY PROGRAM, WELFARE, ETC. EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES. AND LIKE MANY OTHER PEOP LE, I FEEL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ENCOURAGED VIOLENCE AND ANARCHY FOR SINSTER PURPOSES BY REMANING SILENT . THIS I KNOW YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER AND I AM SURE YOU WANT NO PART OF THIS SINSTER PLAN, IF PLAN IT IS. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, ~ -( ! , ~ �