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Stokely 1 s ability to attrac t t he televi sion and radio aud ience. Mr Allen , it seems to me t ha t y ou ought to be thankfu l that y ou just rec ent l y ran int o a Stokely Ca r michae l. You ac cuse him of inciting a riot--a charge that Southern officials level only at civil rights devotees--when nothing but luck held down the tempers of the minority citizens whi le At lanta was permitting the exi stence of inflammatory a ct ivity by such as the cross-burning rabble rousers who have used y our town without any comment from you. 0 Mr. Allen, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Commi tt ee should not be made to pay the political campaign financial demands placed on y ou and your friends. Mr . Allen, do not rush to assume the self -dele gated responsibility of trying to rid this free country of Mr o Carmichael; you will be just a puppet who will get no national praise, ex cept it be that which comes fr om your fa mily. Brother Allen, the way you imprisoned Stokely and his aides is n o more just than the way some unwise f ormer rulers imprisoned the likes of Paul and Silaso The .Apost l e Paul "incited a riot," and Jesus Christ really stirred up the peopleo But Jesus came not to destroy the law, but to fu lfil it. So did Stokely Ca rmi chael . Mr . Allen , the only reason you threw Stoke ly in jail is that he is your first encounter with a black man who is not afraid of you~ Mr . Carmicha el will not bow down to you, and that is the shock of your lifetime . Because of it, you give him the Daniel treatment . You know as well as I do that Carmichael did not cause your riot. Stokely called your number, and you tried to save fa ceo You are not " to o f ull of the milk of human 1 kindne ss' to ca tch the nearest way .. " Mr . Allen, what makes you think you can make the nation believe that a jury in Atlanta will be honest with a man like Stokely? Who is Ivan Allen? Mr. Mayor, every c ollege town has some facade of prosperity. Yours is manifold, college-wise. But you forget the poor man. Even the few civil rights leaders with whom you smile are well-to-doo But what about the poor--the only people police rush to shoot? You overlook them and expect a few wealthy Negro professors and lawyers and preachers and doctors to spread your 11 fame" throughout the land. �But Mr. Allen, Stokely Carmichael is an educated philoso pher. His intellect is keener than mine and yours put together. (All the more reas on you should hate him, perhaps? ) He can perceive the limitat i ons of y our l iberal attitude. We saw Los Angeles exposed. Will Atlanta follow similarly? St oke ly Carmichael could become the best friend you ever had, but the move seems to be up to you. Do y ou have guts enough to go bef ore y our jury and halt the persecution of those innocent people? Stokely Carmichael needs no lawyere He needs only one defense witness--Ivan Allen. You were weak enough to stab him, so a re y ou strong enough to bandage the wound and thereby pu t your name on the list of saints a l ong side that of my good former Governor Leroy Collin s? (Bo th you and the Governor would still have t o take care not to get yourselves toppled from "my menti on.," "My menti on" is the cause for which all the civil righ t s leaders have striven so hardo) I f you cannot d o this, Brother Allen, the do or to notoriety which recently admitted certain other "officials" we both know is still openo When y ou go to bed at night and can't fall asleep (I know y ou can 1 to), try thinking of that black man you threw in jail without reasono Count ing sheep and taking sleeping pills will not erase injustice .. Stokely Carmichael hit s home runso Isn 1 t Ivan Allen striking out? - J ~"Jt(;::;Z';Zz., Tillman Mack Peck �