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ARCHITECTS Goel A-Absematiey, SAAZA.
ENGINEERS Miller D. Barnes, ALA.
Bernard B. Rothschild, A.A.
Caraker D. Paschal, ALA.
ASSOCIATES
Robert D. Ahlstrand, B.A.
FINCH ALEXANDER BARNES ROTHSCHILD & PASCHAL 3izeNccam | NSPE
7O FAIRLIE STREET N.W. / ATLANTA S3,GEORGIA / MURRAY 8-3313 John Steinichen, ALA.
January 24, 1963
The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr., Mayor
City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Ivan:
Many thanks for your great assistance Tuesday. The meeting went much
better than we could have expected. I feel very definitely that this
fair is a handle to promote many things. Wherever I've talked, the fair
has been a most popular subject. Even the Metropolitan Heralel and. the
Northside News have given it favorable treatment! As I stated Tuesday,
those buildings proposed - and urban renewal funds in the upcoming bond
issue - could be Atlanta's contribution toward the fair. (This was the
pattern in Seattle.) If the fair is as popular an idea as it seems to
be it could be used to assist the bond issue,
In regard to the other matter we discussed, let me say that while my
reaction to Peyton Road was not favorable, I did understand the truly
desperate situation that faced you. Basically I think the Mayor is
being placed in an impossible situation when he is asked to solve a
problem so deep-rooted in human emotions and history as Atlanta's
racial housing. The government's tools are so limited and those few
available so full of political dynamite that any solution will make
enemies. It seems to me that the story you have to tell is important.
You fell heir to a situation not of your making and you attempted to
lend your good offices to stabilizing a serious situation. In doing
this you sacrificed your own position for the good of the City. The
action taken was drastic and distasteful, but the situation itself was
drastic and distasteful. Let some of those who are so aroused propose
solutions if they have them. sis
have some positive thoughts on the eo range basis.
you want to hear them let me know.
Cecil A. Alexander
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