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I BENARD SouTH 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ 332 PIEDMONT AVENUE, N . E . ATLANTA 12, GEORGIA,U . S . A. PHONE JA4-2026 DISTRIBUTOR BEARINGS & TRUCK EQUIPME N T November 11th, 1964 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr . Atlanta, Ga. Dear Ivan: I want to congratul ate y ou on the c losing of t he contr act to bring Major Leagu e Baseb all to Atlanta to be played in the new stadium you have champ ione d all t hese months . Yours has been a worthy t a sk and I am c er t a in that history will prove this to b e one of the fin e st steps forwar d that Atlanta has ever und er taken. It n as been my pleasure to view ALL of the l arges t stadiums i n America a nd quit e a few overseas . One day I read a list of all t he l arges t stadiums in America with the c apa city of each listed . I ha d been in all of them fr om the Rose Bowl in Pa sadena to the Yale Bowl i n New Haven a nd includ ing the Sesqui-Centennial Stadium in Phila de l phia , Soldi ers Field a t Chi cago, Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Los Angeles Co liseum, Univ oof California at Berkeley, California. I have witnessed Maj or League Baseball games in 95% of all t he National Leagu e and Amer i c an League baseba ll parks i nclu ding the Milwaukee park a nd my exper ienc e le ads to· the conclus i on that the good that will come to Atlant a in the building of the new and modern stadium is incalculable. I peddled Coca- Colas in Ponce de Leon park in 1919 and made the handsome sum of $J . 65 on the l as t day of the season when the Cr ackers defeated New Orleans in a battle for t h e pennant before some 13,000 fans. Most of this profit c ame from selling Coca-Cola bottle crates for the rightfield standees aft er we sold out of cold drinks. I menti on these things t o indicate that I am really not a novice when a discussion ar ises conc erning the subject matter. I was present the day Arthur Montgomery presen ted the Stadium plan to the Board of Aldermen when the general public was invited. Mr.Montgomery made as fine a presentation on a subject as I have ever heard. The two of you have aone something f or Atlanta of which you can well be proud! Copies to: Mr.Arthur Montgomery Judge James C.Davis, Atlanta Times �