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SOLICITOR GENERAL
W. B. SKIPWORTH, JR,
ASST. SOLICITOR GENERAL
FRANK K. MARTIN
ADMINISTRATIVE ASST.
MRS. J. O. BROWDER
Office of Suliritur General
Chattahancher Judicial Circuit
Muscogee County Courthouse
Columbus, Georgia
CIRCUIT COUNTIES
CHATTAHOOCHEE
HARRIS
MARION
MUSCOGEE
TALBOT
TAYLOR
September 8, 1966
Hon. Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor's Office
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mr. Allen:
I would like to take this opportunity to express
to you my admiration for you and the manner in which
you handled the Negro roit on September 6, 1966.
I was able to see some of the roit on the CBS
evening news here in Columbus, and I must say that
you displayed a great amount of courage in placing
yourself in the middle of such a mob. However, the
main reason I am writing to you is due to a remark
I heard you make at the heigth of the roit. That
remark, in essence, was when you addressed yourself
to a Negro taking part in the roit and you told him
that regardless of what he may think about who was
running the City of Atlanta that fact was that you
were running the city and that was the way it was
going to be. Taking such a firm attitude at such a
critical moment shows, in my opinion, the true colors
of a man and I would say your colors showed true blue.
In case you might have some problem in determining
exactly who I am, perhaps you can place my by the fact
that you and my father went to Georgia Tech together
and both of you were S.A.E.'s. Also, I worked for Sen.
Harry Jackson of Columbus during this most recent term
of the General Assembly and I saw you on one or two
occasions while I was in Atlanta.
With kindest regards and best personal wishes, I
remain
Sincerely yours,
rank K, Martin
Assistant Solicitor General
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