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OFFICERS James W. Dorsey President Ferdinand Buckley 1st Vice Presid ent Sarah Franc es McDonald 2nd Vice Pres ident Clifford Oxford Secretary William H. Al exand er Treasurer A T LANTA LEG A L AI D S OCIETY, I N C. TELEPHONES : (404) 524 - 5811 (404) 577-5260 153 PRYOR STREET, S . W. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 March 31st, 1969 STAFF Michae l D. Padnos Director Nancy S. Cheves General Counse l Richard Harris Community Education L. Rosse r Sh elton Virginia A. Bips Bettye H. Kehrer Evelyn s. Fabian Eugene s. Taylor John W. Brent Elm er L. Nash Larry B. Hoo ks D. Fre eman Hutton Cynthia T. Beattie Melvin E. Thompson, Jr. Michael H. Terry Edward L. Baety William J. Brennan, Jr. George Howe ll Sondra Gold enfarb Reuben Bussey Kendric Smith Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor, The- City of Atlanta, City Hall, 68 Mitchell Street, S. W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: I have enclosed a copy of a letter I sent today to Mr. Edwin H. Sterne, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Atlanta Housing Authority. I send you a copy of this letter because I seek your support in achiev ing a change in AHA policies. The enclosed copy of letter is self-explanatory. I can only add to it the fact that Atlanta , largely as a result of y our leadership, has led the nation i n d e alin g with the problems of the low- income community . I would hope that Atlanta can once again lead the coun t ry on the impo r tant question of durational residency requirements in p ub lic housin g . ·~ ~ \a4~ Michae l D . Padno s Dire c tor MDP/cj / Enclo sure (copy) . SPONSOR E D B Y UNITED A P P E AL AND E C O N O MI C OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC. �