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Washington, D. C.
September 9, 1966
Hon. Ivan Allen,
Mayor,
Atlanta Georgia
Honorable Sir:
May I say Thank you, and good for you. The whole country should
be grateful to you for your courage and good judgment in putting
that man Carmichael where he belongs. Why the Department of
Justice has not stopped him is difficult to understand. It seems
to me that votes and money come before our Country. Unless justice
comes alive to what is happening to us and takes action soon the
country will be in such a state that possibly votes will mean nothing
and as for money if one is strong enough to keep any he may have he
will be lucky.
Violence is the order of the day and mob rule. Why the police do
not defend themselves against these charges of brutality is a mystery.
Possibly you are not troubled with this because your police may still
be strong, but in the Bistrict of Columbia they are actually prevented
from making arrests by the crowds that gather, - and absolutely nothing
is done about it.
Excuse the digression. Who is Carmichael, is he an American citizen,
who is paying him and his associates? The organization should be
investigated. His preaching of insurrection in all of our large
cities certainly does not come under the rights of free speech. He
promotes the use of the molotov cocktail and, with reference to
Cleveland, he advocates the use of dynamite to break down the brick
walls that Cleveland apparently proposes to build to shield the store
windows, or instead of them. And this is done openly.
I hope that justice will prevail and that pressure from all the organiza-
tions -who seem to be bent on destroying us will have no influence. I am
losing faith in the men who are in high places and who should be intelli-
gent Shoe and concerned enough about the good of our country as a
whol 87t o be swayed by mob rule. I hope this will not be true in Atlanta.
It is a sad state of affairs. The do-gooders have us all sobbing about
the poor abused Negro. Someone should proclaim all the benefits he has
access to, and we should return to reason and common sense. The
agitators amongst us should be silenced.
Again, thank you, you will have at least stopped Carmichael for a time
and have showed him that you are not afraid of him and his backers.
Sincerely,
qd, Senex
Copy to Police Supt.
Clinton Chafin
lion. Wayne Hays
September 9, 1966
Hon. Ivan Allen,
Mayor,
Atlanta Georgia
Honorable Sir:
May I say Thank you, and good for you. The whole country should
be grateful to you for your courage and good judgment in putting
that man Carmichael where he belongs. Why the Department of
Justice has not stopped him is difficult to understand. It seems
to me that votes and money come before our Country. Unless justice
comes alive to what is happening to us and takes action soon the
country will be in such a state that possibly votes will mean nothing
and as for money if one is strong enough to keep any he may have he
will be lucky.
Violence is the order of the day and mob rule. Why the police do
not defend themselves against these charges of brutality is a mystery.
Possibly you are not troubled with this because your police may still
be strong, but in the Bistrict of Columbia they are actually prevented
from making arrests by the crowds that gather, - and absolutely nothing
is done about it.
Excuse the digression. Who is Carmichael, is he an American citizen,
who is paying him and his associates? The organization should be
investigated. His preaching of insurrection in all of our large
cities certainly does not come under the rights of free speech. He
promotes the use of the molotov cocktail and, with reference to
Cleveland, he advocates the use of dynamite to break down the brick
walls that Cleveland apparently proposes to build to shield the store
windows, or instead of them. And this is done openly.
I hope that justice will prevail and that pressure from all the organiza-
tions -who seem to be bent on destroying us will have no influence. I am
losing faith in the men who are in high places and who should be intelli-
gent Shoe and concerned enough about the good of our country as a
whol 87t o be swayed by mob rule. I hope this will not be true in Atlanta.
It is a sad state of affairs. The do-gooders have us all sobbing about
the poor abused Negro. Someone should proclaim all the benefits he has
access to, and we should return to reason and common sense. The
agitators amongst us should be silenced.
Again, thank you, you will have at least stopped Carmichael for a time
and have showed him that you are not afraid of him and his backers.
Sincerely,
qd, Senex
Copy to Police Supt.
Clinton Chafin
lion. Wayne Hays