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CARY 5. HOOKS W. CUMMINS TRITCHLER ROBERT W. WARREN VIRGIL J. HENDERSON
PRESIDENT SECRETARY-TREAGUAER VICE-PRES.-LAND VICE-PRES.-LOAN SERVICING
Roy D.WARREN COMPANY, ING.
REAL ESTATE * LOANS ยข DEVELOPERS
30 Payor Staeet, $5. W. / Atnanta, Geoncra 30303 / TELEPHONE 523-6262
September 7, 1966
My dear Ivan,
You are one of the busiest and most harassed men I know of.
While I was driving home yesterday afternoon with the car radio tuned
to WSB hearing about what you and our police department were doing in
connection with "black power", I could not keep from remembering that
just twenty-three years ago while I was stationed at Camp Van Dorn,
Centerville, Mississippi, as the Post Engineer, that the Commanding
Officer, Col. Guthrie, his Executive Officer, Lt. Col. Reeves, and
myself, unarmed, faced 1,000 Negros who were members of an infantry
regiment that rioted and killed in California, and later they rioted
and killed in Arizona. When they were sent to us in Mississippi, they
got off the train in our railroad yard with their bayonets fixed and
their helmets on and we knew that all Hell was going to break loose.
It did - the next night, which was Saturday. We three unarmed officers
knew that our time had come, until we were rescued by a battalion of
white infantry from the 99th Division, who had been specially trained
for riot duty. It was not a good feeling.
Later, this Negro regiment was put into "deep freeze"! by being sent to
Alaska - a total failure of the efforts on the part of the wife of our
President to have an all Negro infantry regiment.
I don't believe in black power, or white power, but just Christian
American Power, and it takes men of your calibre to lead the way.
We are very proud of you.
With kindest personal regards.
Sificerel y yours,
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Roy D. Warren
Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor, City of Atlanta
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia