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April 29, 1969 Mr . Edwin L. Sterne Chairman Atlanta Housing Authority Atlanta, Georgia Dear Edwin : Please express my regrets that I cannot be present at the dinner honoring M . B . Satterfield £or hi years of service on the Atlanta Housing Authority, and his additional years of service in the low income housing field beginning with the Techwood Project in Atlanta in 1936. I am sure that Satt has a warm feeling of real accomplishment when he looks back over the years of his satisfactory work in providing housing for the, poor . All of the gQod that he has done could be multiplied by the number of day of pleas nt existence which thousand of Atlanta families have enjoyed. Atlanta stand t the very top in America in recognizing the fundamental need for low in0.ome housing . On a relative basi , we have out tdpped the other national cities in building the e fine unit ; and, Mr. S tterfield has been the Executive Director during this period of greatest accomplishment, and he i entitled to the grateful appreciation of the· people of tl nta. Please expre my gratitude, per onally nd offici lly, to Satt for hi m jor contribution during the e dynamic ye rs. Sincerely, Ivan Allen, Jr. IAJr: m �