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MAIN 15- 1240 oWER WATC OFFICE CA B L E D OF THE P W A TCHTO WER TRACT SOCIETY ESIDENT 124 COLUMBIA H E IGHTS, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11201, U.S.A. July 15 , 1967 The Honorab l e Ivan Al l en , J r . Mayor of the ci ty of Atlanta, Ge or gia Atlanta, Ge or gia Sir: In t he mont h of J une, 1966, a brochure was sent t o me, Nathan H. Knorr, President of the Watch Tower Bibl e and Tract Society , with the headin g "Atlanta Invites You. 11 Our Society has given consideration to y our letter of June 14 , 1966 , t hat came wi th the brochure, inviting us to h old a large convention in Atlanta. I very muc h app r ec i ated your letter. The brochure a l so contained a lett er f rom t he Governor of t he State, as we ll as letters f rom t he Atlanta Convention Bureau, the Atl a nta Hot e l , Mote l As s oc iat ion a nd t he Atlanta Chamb er of Commer ce . We had c onsidered c oming t o Atl ant a during t he day s of July 6- 13, 1969, Sunday t o Sunday i nc l usive, and we con clude d that we woul d ver y muc h l ike t o have t he use of the Atl a nta Stadium, which I belie ve has a seating capa ci t y of ab out 57 , 000 people . I wrote a letter t o Mr . Si dn ey Scarb or ough, dated May I am encl osing a copy of this letter that sets out all of th e de t ails . However, I am sorry to say that up t o this writing I have not yet received an answer to my letter . Whether the letter may have g one astray, or whether Mr. Scarborough is n o longer in charge of t he stadium rentals , I do not know. I thought I had the right information that Mr. Scarborough would be the man who could answer my questions. 25, 1967, concerning our plans f or 1969 . I have been working with the officials in the Na t i onal and American Baseball Leagues in regard to adjusting dates in 1969, so that we could use various stadiums throughout the United States. I had thought that we would by this time ha ve a reply from Mr. Scarborough, whom I believe to be the general manager of the Atlanta Stadium and the one to deal with in these matters, telling us what the price would be, whether the dates we desire would be available and whether the stadium is open to conventions such as ours. We anticipated bringing 40,000 to 45,000 people to Atlanta during the eight days of the convention in 1969. But to work A NONPROFIT COR P O R ATION �The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor of the city of Atl anta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia July 15, 1967, Page Two out our program for the summer of 1969 we must know well in advance whether organization controling the Atlanta Stadium would rent the stadium to us and work out arrangements with the Society for the use of t he stadium during these particular dates. I know that Mr. Joseph Cronin of the American League and Mr. Warren Giles of the National League have appointed two gentlemen to speak to me about trying to work out dates for 1969 so that we could use Yankee Stadium and Atlanta Stadium, as well as other ballparks, such as Comiskey Park, Busch Memorial Stadium and the Anaheim Stadium. We have had very fine relations with the New York Yankees, Chicag o White Sox and the other stadium officials mentioned, but for some reason we do not have any definite word from Atlanta, Georg ia. Perhaps your good offices could put me on the ri ght track as to the person with whom I should communicate so as to get an answer to our request for use of the Atlanta Stadium on t he dates we need it. We would be delighted to come to Atlanta and we li ke the facilities t hat you describe in your broch ure. I would be very happy to come to Atlanta to s ee t he s t adium a nd the facil i ties availab l e and to talk contract terms a nd to let the ge ntleman in c harge kn ow what we have done thus f ar with other sta dium of ficials across t he country . The Watc ht ower Bible a nd Tract Society would be happy to a rrange f or a l arge assembl y in At lanta, Georgia July 6-1 3, 1969. May I pl ea se hear f rom you with your suggestions on wha t I mi g ht do in t his ma t t er ? Sinc ere l y, 1?//~ N. H. Knorr Pre si dent NHK/ag �