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GUY BO S SINI DEVALL 1007 Si xt h Street Santa Monica , Calif'ornia Telephone : 90403 395- 2727 September 17, 1966 Honorable I van Allen, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta , Geor gia Dear Mayor Allen: TIME Ma gaz ine of September 9, 1966 reports that General Electric has cr eated a new division for the pur pose of "crea ting new cities from the sidewa l ks up." Yvher e the G. E. concep t consists of purchasing a l arge amount of a creage (a r athe r dif fic u lt t a s k ) nea r our manufac tur i ng cente r s , I have presented t o t hem my concept (see enclosed paper "Housing for Minority Groups " ) which suggests use of l and within urban a rea s, and G. E. ha s expressed i nt erest in my concept. * My concept begins by crea ting muc h-needed new "ghe t t os" which., in addit i on to pr ov i di ng new, decent housing, wi ll als o provide work, t hu s r emov i ng the negroes' rea son f or marching and c reating unres t.~ i s conc ept is a dapt able t o any c ity. Where today t he land ad j a cent to a ghett o ha s a poor market value., in the future it would become very valuabl e, becau se it would become a :rmnufacturing area . If you are favorably impressed with this concept, it would lend weight t oward c ons i de r ation of my idea by G. E. Los Angeles Channel (KTTV ) on September 24 will tape a program featuring an interview and my drawings. If an Atlanta TV station were t o ask Channel 11 for a tape of the show., I am sure KTTV would be pleased t o pr ovide it. If the same Atlanta TV stat ion were willing for me to appear on TV, I would be glad to tell of my experienc e s as a rember of a minority group (Ital ian). I landed in New York with 25¢ in my pocket, not knowing either the language or anyone. I could tell how I l i ved and starved., but never once asked for a handout. How many times I envied negroes that could get jobs as train porters (I wanted to see America ) while I could not. I would like to tell of the many advantages that the U.S. negro has over the new white immigrant - yet no whites march and yel l "We want power?" Power has to be for dictators. EARNED . Only dictators grab power--and the U.S. is no land 9?:;r:;; 4 GBdV:m Guy Bossini deVall

As background material for the paper on minority housing., I enclose copy of

paper on road building which I trust you will find of interest. Encls. P. S. If you are willing# and would have the time., to appear on TV in Los Ange l es ., please let me knowa I am sure your comments would be of interest to Angelenos. �