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OFFICERS
James W. Dorsey
President
David H. Gambrell
Ist Vice President
Sarah Frances McDonald
2nd Vice President
Clifford Oxford
Secretary
McChesney H. Jeffries
Treasurer
STAFF
Michael D. Padnos
Director
Nancy S. Cheves
eneral Counsel
Richard Harris
Community Education
L. Rosser Shelton
Virginia A. Bips
William L. Skinner
Bettye H. Kehrer
Evelyn $. Fabian
Colquitt McGee
Eugene 3. Taylor
John W. Brent
Elmer L. Nash
Larry B. Hooks
D. Freeman Hutton
Cynthia T. Beattie
Michael H. Terry
Edward L. Baety
William J, Brennan, Jr.
George Howell
John Stephen Price
Sondra Goldenfarb
TELEPHONES:
(404) 524-5811
(404) 577-5260
ATLANTA LEGAL AID SOCIETY, INC.
50! FULTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
February 10th, 1969
Mr. John Robinson
Community Development Co-ordinator
Office of the Mayor
City of Atlanta
68 Mitchell Street, S.W.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Johnny:
The present status of TUFF is as follows:
On January 16th, the Executive Board of TUFF had
a meeting with the Board of Commissioners of the Atlanta
Housing Authority, and presented to AHA a "Tenants' Bill
of Rights", a copy of which I have enclosed for your
convenience. There was only desultory talk about TUFF's
grievances, the principal issue TUFF presented to the
authority being the future and not the past. That meeting
concluded when the Authority agreed to "study" the proposed
Bill of Rights. When Mrs. Mandy Griggs asked Mr. Stern how
TUFF would have to wait for a response, Mr. Stern informed
her that he "hoped" to have a response "within six months"
but could make no promises.
On February 3rd, TUFF called a meeting of community
leaders to discuss tenants' grievances against the Atlanta
Housing Authority. The following organizations were repre-
sented at that meeting:
Good Government Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Metropolitan Atlanta Summit Leadership
Conference
Alpha and Omega Christian Church
Young Men On The Go
SPONSORED BY UNITED APPEAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC.
Mr. John Robinson February 10th, 1969
Office of the Mayor Page #2.
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People
Urban League National
Urban League Local
Concerned Clergy
Georgia Council on Human Relations
Atlanta Christian Council
Community Relations Council
Southern Regional Council
Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law
Fulton County Delegation
National Association of Social Workers
AFL-CIO
Operation Breadbasket
American Friends Service Committee
Metropolitan Atlanta Housing Conference,
Incorporated.
Approximately seventy people were in attendance and at
the close of the meeting, Reverend B. J. Johnson recommended
that those present support the efforts of TUFF to obtain the
Tenants' Bill of Rights they had requested,and support TUFF
in any other way possible.
Mr. John Robinson February 10th, 1969
Office of the Mayor Page #3.
The Motion was unanimously carried and the partici-
pants of the meeting then determined to have a mass meeting
on public housing property in order to test the housing
authority's decision to forbid TUFF the use of its community
centers.
The group agreed to meet late in February. The
leaders of TUFF and the leaders of the organizations
represented at the February 3rd meeting are now making
plans for that mass meeting.
According to my most recent information, the Boards
of Directors of the following organizations have endorsed
TUFF's Bill of Rights and pledged to support TUFF:
Metropolitan Atlanta Summit Leadership
Conference
Concerned Clergy
Good Government Atlanta
Georgia Council on Human Relations, and
Metropolitan Atlanta Housing Conference,
Incorporated.
As TUFF's legal advisor, I am, as you might imagine,
anxious to avoid any situation in which my clients would
find themselves at odds with legally constituted authority.
Mr. John Robinson February 10th, 1969
Office of the Mayor Page #4.
The rigid and uncompromising position of the housing
authority, however, has now angered a large segment of
informed opinion in Atlanta. Anything your office can
do to assist my clients would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Michael D. Padnos
Director
P/cj
neclosure
I have just learned from Mrs. Griggs, Chairman
of TUFF, that the housing authority has demanded
of her a substantial payment for "excess gas" and
has refused to accept her rent unless she is willing
to tender the excess payment.
James W. Dorsey
President
David H. Gambrell
Ist Vice President
Sarah Frances McDonald
2nd Vice President
Clifford Oxford
Secretary
McChesney H. Jeffries
Treasurer
STAFF
Michael D. Padnos
Director
Nancy S. Cheves
eneral Counsel
Richard Harris
Community Education
L. Rosser Shelton
Virginia A. Bips
William L. Skinner
Bettye H. Kehrer
Evelyn $. Fabian
Colquitt McGee
Eugene 3. Taylor
John W. Brent
Elmer L. Nash
Larry B. Hooks
D. Freeman Hutton
Cynthia T. Beattie
Michael H. Terry
Edward L. Baety
William J, Brennan, Jr.
George Howell
John Stephen Price
Sondra Goldenfarb
TELEPHONES:
(404) 524-5811
(404) 577-5260
ATLANTA LEGAL AID SOCIETY, INC.
50! FULTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
February 10th, 1969
Mr. John Robinson
Community Development Co-ordinator
Office of the Mayor
City of Atlanta
68 Mitchell Street, S.W.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Dear Johnny:
The present status of TUFF is as follows:
On January 16th, the Executive Board of TUFF had
a meeting with the Board of Commissioners of the Atlanta
Housing Authority, and presented to AHA a "Tenants' Bill
of Rights", a copy of which I have enclosed for your
convenience. There was only desultory talk about TUFF's
grievances, the principal issue TUFF presented to the
authority being the future and not the past. That meeting
concluded when the Authority agreed to "study" the proposed
Bill of Rights. When Mrs. Mandy Griggs asked Mr. Stern how
TUFF would have to wait for a response, Mr. Stern informed
her that he "hoped" to have a response "within six months"
but could make no promises.
On February 3rd, TUFF called a meeting of community
leaders to discuss tenants' grievances against the Atlanta
Housing Authority. The following organizations were repre-
sented at that meeting:
Good Government Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Metropolitan Atlanta Summit Leadership
Conference
Alpha and Omega Christian Church
Young Men On The Go
SPONSORED BY UNITED APPEAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ATLANTA, INC.
Mr. John Robinson February 10th, 1969
Office of the Mayor Page #2.
National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People
Urban League National
Urban League Local
Concerned Clergy
Georgia Council on Human Relations
Atlanta Christian Council
Community Relations Council
Southern Regional Council
Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law
Fulton County Delegation
National Association of Social Workers
AFL-CIO
Operation Breadbasket
American Friends Service Committee
Metropolitan Atlanta Housing Conference,
Incorporated.
Approximately seventy people were in attendance and at
the close of the meeting, Reverend B. J. Johnson recommended
that those present support the efforts of TUFF to obtain the
Tenants' Bill of Rights they had requested,and support TUFF
in any other way possible.
Mr. John Robinson February 10th, 1969
Office of the Mayor Page #3.
The Motion was unanimously carried and the partici-
pants of the meeting then determined to have a mass meeting
on public housing property in order to test the housing
authority's decision to forbid TUFF the use of its community
centers.
The group agreed to meet late in February. The
leaders of TUFF and the leaders of the organizations
represented at the February 3rd meeting are now making
plans for that mass meeting.
According to my most recent information, the Boards
of Directors of the following organizations have endorsed
TUFF's Bill of Rights and pledged to support TUFF:
Metropolitan Atlanta Summit Leadership
Conference
Concerned Clergy
Good Government Atlanta
Georgia Council on Human Relations, and
Metropolitan Atlanta Housing Conference,
Incorporated.
As TUFF's legal advisor, I am, as you might imagine,
anxious to avoid any situation in which my clients would
find themselves at odds with legally constituted authority.
Mr. John Robinson February 10th, 1969
Office of the Mayor Page #4.
The rigid and uncompromising position of the housing
authority, however, has now angered a large segment of
informed opinion in Atlanta. Anything your office can
do to assist my clients would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Michael D. Padnos
Director
P/cj
neclosure
I have just learned from Mrs. Griggs, Chairman
of TUFF, that the housing authority has demanded
of her a substantial payment for "excess gas" and
has refused to accept her rent unless she is willing
to tender the excess payment.