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News Release IVAN ALL E N , M ayo r For further information call - Ja 2 - 4463 of Atlanta Mrs. A nn Drummond E x e cutive Secretary October 20, 1964 FOR USE UPON RECEIPT STATEMENT BY IVAN ALLEN., JR 91 MAYOR OF ATLANTA The Braves are to be congratulated on making a brave decision • • • to petition the National League to move their franchis e to Atlanta, They have chosen to make the 11 national pastime" truly national, to give the 24 million people who live in thes e seven Southe aste rn States a share in the major leagues. The people of Atlanta, with t heir courage in building an $18, 000 , 000. S t a diu m to att r act a major league team are also to be congratulate d. They re p res ent the n e w, dynamic south, which is no longer willing to b e side- lined on the back benches . Our Stadium is a s outhe rn pr oject, built on souther n soil, with s ou th ern money, by southe rn a rchitects and c ontracto rs. We feel it i s uniquely fitting that t his decision ha s been made t oday, a date which marks alm ost e x actly .the centennial of the day when A tlanta was left a n a s h s trewn ruin , sym bol of a re gion 's d efe a t. Today we welcome t h e opportunity to become a s ymbol of southern zest and drive, a major lea gue city, a major le a gue state, in a major league regiono - 30 - JR . �