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\\ Mr. Robe rt E. Staples 483 w. Central Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota, 55101 September 8, 1966 The Honorable Ivan Al len, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta City Hall _ Atlanta, Ge orgia Dear Mayor Allen: I was deeply dismayed at your statement that the Student Non-Vio lent Coordinating Committee was responsible for recent riots in your city. As Attorney General Katzenbach stated to a Senate Committee, riots are caused by racial discrimination, poor housing conditions and police brutality. Blaming one organization for the turmoil will do nothing to alleviate the real contributing causes for riots. Negroes will no longer accept charges of Communist influence, hot weather and ins t igation by civil ri ghts leaders in place of action toward eliminating the real causes of riots. Therefore, it is your duty to cease blaming civil ri ghts leaders for starting a riot in your city and be gin positive action to avert a reoccurrence of this terrible event. Sincerely , �