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0 . F . LANGFORD C . H . LANGFORD WEND E LL LANGFORD ROUTE 4 ORGETOWN. TEXAS ROUTE 2 FLORENCE , TEXAS NE UNDERWOOD 3-2683 PHONE STAT E 3 - 2458 S e p tem b e r 8 , 1 966 M ayor Ivan Alle n Jr. C ity o f A tl ant a A tlanta , G a . D e ar M a yor Allen; I w o ul d li ke to e x p r e ss my d ee p e st a p r ec iation fo r y our st a nd a nd con v ictions ag ainst S NCC a nd the r acia l h at r e d t h a t they r e pr e s e nt . The r ece nt rioting a nd r a ci a l trou bl es o cc urr i n g 1n north e rn c it ie s h a s to ~ome d eg r ee vindi cat e d the South f o r t h e sl a nde r a nd ca sti gation b y northe rn a u t horti e s a nd p re ss dir ec t e d to wa rd the South during th e ra c e pro b le ms l a st w int e r . Th e ir vi ew po i n t cha n ge d 36 0 d eg r ee s w h e n th e t rou b l e wa s in th e ir o w n b a ck ya rd . It i s ve r y e n c ourag in g to s ee t h a t y ou a r e w ill ing t o s tand fo r th e p r inci ples o f justi c e a nd l aw a nd o rd e r, a nd to mee t t h e s e agi t at o r s face to face . Y ou r fir m act ion was e ffec ti ve s ince the l ea d e r o f SNCC fe l t that h e was muc h safer b ac k north . LAMPASAS I h av e h a d th e for tun e to be i n At l anta twice, and it i s my obs ervation t h a t a ll cit ie s bo t h n ort h a nd s o uth s houl d u s e y ou r fine cit y a s an e x a mpl e . A tl anta, M a yor Alle n, is a cr e dit to t h is c o untry1 - a n d I am g r e atful t h at it is in the South a n d onl y wis h that T exa s h ad a "Atlanta" . Most r e sp ec tfull y y ou r s , WBL / ms AUSTIN �