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Ministers Make House-to-House Calls for Peace C ATLANTA, Ga . (AP) egro minister s and civil ghts leaders began a door-door appeal Wednesday 1ght fo r calmness to Ne' oes in the a rea of Tuesday [ght' s r ioti ng which shat~red Atlanta's image of raial ha rmony. " We a re a sking all r esient s not to allow others to se them a s pawns ," sa id ev. Samuel Willia ms , presllent of the Atlanta chapter the National Associa tion New 'll or the Advancement of ColFOR1 r ed People. "Atla nta is not by fa r a a rmy ! erfect city but it is too t ial WE Tea t to be destroyed by P vt. D imple-minded bigotr y, " he York 1 "d, in a sum m ation sta te- pr ison ; nent of a two-h our m eeting dishono t civil r ights leaders. er findi Area. Tense fusin g Several m ini ters then left Viet N. o go di rectly to visit homes The the six-block area near given e new sports stadium in a n fort t o ease the tense situa - senten~ hard la on. Earlier in the m eeting, ten ce J eve r a 1 Negro leaders vilia n harged Stokely Car michael, i na l cha irman of the stuoent nonv10 ent coor dinati ng ommittee, with r esponsibiliy for t he r ioting. The fir t t hing we've go t o do is stop the in surrecion ," sai d R ev. William Borders, a grey-ha ired , longtime civil r ights leader. " One man is giving u s hell. We've got to s top him before he stops us." on a Carmichael Replies giv "Our main concern here is Tuesd Stoke ly Carmicha el, whether She or not we have a riot is up to ey, b him," said Rev . Otis Smith , have i wh o s uggested t he group contact t he SNCC leader. "Stokely Carmichael is an albatross around our necks and a parasite to the comm unity, but he i meeting some of the needs of our people, " said Dr. 0. W. DaAu( vis, a physician . Carmichael told a egro into 1 radio station (WAOK) Oklah , Wedne day night: tempe "It i. clear to me that thund SNCC did not and could not ised. start a rebellion. This one The was started by an acl. a t11und m VI El Ci p sU Ba �