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ALVER P . JONES R. 3 Bo x 1470 Lovela nd , Ohio 45140 Sept emb er 10 , 1966 Th e Honorable Tayor Al len Jr . M yor of t h e City of Atlanta Atlan t a , Georgi a My dea r Mayor Allen : Aft er reading my news paper t h e other ni gh t , about t h e trouble there i n Atlanta wi t h t h e ni gg ers , I w nt to t ell you wha t I t h ink ab out t hese demonstra tions in c i t ies a ll over t h e U.S. A. Th ey sh ould not re c eive a permit to m r ch in any city . If I we r e a M yor of any city , I would never g ive t hem a p er mit to ma r ch or ha ve any demonstra tions of a ny k ind . Th e ti me to s to p it is a t t he beginnin g . Don ' t a l lo w an y ma r ches a t al l . Also , I would like to suggest t ha t a nyone caugh t being i n , or ha vi ng a ny pa r t in a demons tration of this k ind, if su ch p erson is found to be on t he welfa re roll , a nd re c eiving a welfare ch eck , have the depart ment t o cut a ll relief to t h is p erson forever afterwa rds . \~y? Be cause it ' s just not right for a p erson to pay t ax es to supp or t any person t ha t demonstra tes aga inst a nyone , or the Sta te Government ; a nd t ha t is a ctually wha t t h ey a re doing . In t h ese ma r ch es , t h ere is one man t ha t coul d stop al l marc h es a nd d emons t r a ti ons in t he future ; if he would~ Tha t man is t h e Pre sident of the Uni ted Sta tes . If h e would g o on television one h our and sta te that t h ey have to be stopp ed , a nd now , or he will order tro ops to stop it . He could a lso g ive a ll sta tes t h e power t o put a stop to it a t any pri c e . But , h e will not do t ha t bec ause he is now so obli ga t ed to t h em a nd t h eir Civil Ri ghts Bi ll . Th e ma i n t hi ng we need in 1968 is a comp lete chang e of govern ment heads i n i°tlJ shington. But, c an we white p eop le stand a ll t h ese troub les until t h en? At least it ' s now time for t h e whit e r a ce to fi ght b a ck in every way po ss ible . Just to let you know wh o I a m, I am white, a former residen t of Fit zg era ld, Georg i a , and wa s b orn a t Birmi ngham , • �May or Allen Pag e 2 Sep t e mber 10, 1966 Al bama . I h ve wr itt en t o Governor Ge o rg e ~ lla c e of Al ab a ma , and re c eived very nice an s rers to e v ery letter I wrote him . I am no w re t ired , a g e 67, an d I do vis it my old h ome st a te of Georg i a ever y year . My vlife is a lso f r om Georg i a . I hope to g o do wn t h ere i n Oc tob e r or November . Per haps I c an stay on t h e ma i n h i ghway s and a voi d having bri cks and bo ttl e s thown t h r ough my c r wi ndows . I h ope it nev er h 8 pp ens , be c a use I judge a bri ck t o b e a de dl y weapo n; therefore , I ' d have to pro te c t my wife an d self ag inst t h ese t a c ti c s . I k n ow t h e p olice and al l other of f icers are g oing to hav e t o l earn h ow, and h a ve t h e ri gh t to shoot , i f a tt a cked wh en mak ing an arr est . o p e rson s h ould hav e t h e ri ght t o interfere with an offi cer wh en mak ing an arr e st . Any p e r son , o r g roup of peop l e do ing so s h ould be g iven p unishm ent to t h e fullest extent of the l a w. We wh ite p eo p le know we a re superior t o t h e Nero r a ce and lets keep it t ha t way . Than k s for taking time to read my letter . Yours truly , Alver P . Jone s APJ : ss �