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HAAS , DUNAWAY , SHELFER & HAAS ATTORNEYS AT LAW LEON-ARD KAAS JO H .N A .,.,DUNAWAY SU IT E WM . S . SHELFER 60 1 HAAS-HOW ELL BUI L DING ATLANTA , GEORGIA G E ORGE A. HAAS JAMES B . P ILC H ER HUGH F. N E WB E RRY TE L E PH ONE JACKSON 1- 1151 J ul y 11, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen , Jr., City Ha ll , Atlant a 3, Georgi a . De a r Ivan : I am wr i ting you at t he r e que st of my wif e, and a cknow l edg e I am gl ad t o do s o. (1 Y Ge orgia Code , Sec, 5 2-101 reads as fal lows: 11 Under t he t erm 'i nn ' t he l aw includes a ll t averns, hotels , and hou ses of publ i c gene r a l ente r t ainment f or gues ts. All pers on s ent ertained f or h ire at an inn are guests." Georgia Code , Sec. 52- - 103 reads as f ollows: "The innkeeper who advertises himself as such is bound to receive as guests, so far as he can accommodate them, all persons of good character offering themse l ves, who are willing to comply with his rules . 11 These Georgia Code Sections are codifications of the common law which has been of force for more than a hundred years both jn England and in all the states of this country. (2) With respect to the decisions of the Supreme Court of Georgia holding unconstitutional an Ordinance of the City of Atlanta which prohibits colored persons from occupying houses in blocks where the greater number of houses are occupied by whjte persons, I am giving you copies of two letters which I wrote to Ralph McGill, one on December 12, 1960, and the other on January 22, 1963. �Page # 2 July 11, 1963 You will note that in my letter of Decembe r 12th to Ralph, I men tioned that Richard B. Russell was of counsel for the petttioners who secured the ruling of the Court decla~ing the Ordinance unconstitutional. Ralph was of t he opinion that t he Ri chard B. Russell referred to as counsel for the negro must have been t he father of Dick Russell, a s it was de cided in t he year 1918 . Ra lph may be correct, I have no way of knowing . · Best wishes and mo re power to you. Sincerely, 143.215.248.55 16:32, 29 December 2017 (EST) LH:LPM ENC. Leonard Haas �