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Tulsa, Oklahoma
September 19, 1966
Honorable Ivan Allen
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mayor Allen;
With all the criticism being levelled and all the news media play
being given to your recent racial situation, I would like to take
this means of expressing my approval (for what little it is worth)
of the manner you and your city have handled yourselves.
Presently living in Oklahoma, moving there from 4 years in Alabama
proir to which I lived for 3 years in Chicago, I have a relatively
objective viewpoint regarding the racial issue geographically
speaking. I have no feelings one way or the other regarding colors
or races as such.
However, I have learned to harbor very strong feelings with regard
to rights v. s. responsibilities and so have very little regard for
those groups, regardless of color, who would prefer to demonstrate
and protest, rather than work for their objectives. While I feel
there many people who symphatize with this view, I certainly had not
seen it exemplified by many of our public office holders and political
aspirants. For the most part they had capitulated to whatever radical
demands that came along and actually allowed themselves be "shook down"
or blackmailed into giving in to demands just to quiet the noise and
minimize any political repurcussions. It was then, especially refreshing
to see you exercise restraint while giving the radical elements a
chance to quiet the waters on their own initiative, refusing to talk
until the waters were quieted, and then taking firm action when it
was proper and driving home the fact that your city was above all else
a city of law and order.
I'm sure that the great majority of the citizens of Atlanta admired
and respected your course of action. My only purpose in writing this
letter is to let you know that there*$ome of us in other sections of
the U. S. who do too. When we have enough men of conviction in all the
various public offices, rights and responsibilities will come in the
same package and earned, not rioted for.
ae Oy
- PLE.
a G. eek
September 19, 1966
Honorable Ivan Allen
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mayor Allen;
With all the criticism being levelled and all the news media play
being given to your recent racial situation, I would like to take
this means of expressing my approval (for what little it is worth)
of the manner you and your city have handled yourselves.
Presently living in Oklahoma, moving there from 4 years in Alabama
proir to which I lived for 3 years in Chicago, I have a relatively
objective viewpoint regarding the racial issue geographically
speaking. I have no feelings one way or the other regarding colors
or races as such.
However, I have learned to harbor very strong feelings with regard
to rights v. s. responsibilities and so have very little regard for
those groups, regardless of color, who would prefer to demonstrate
and protest, rather than work for their objectives. While I feel
there many people who symphatize with this view, I certainly had not
seen it exemplified by many of our public office holders and political
aspirants. For the most part they had capitulated to whatever radical
demands that came along and actually allowed themselves be "shook down"
or blackmailed into giving in to demands just to quiet the noise and
minimize any political repurcussions. It was then, especially refreshing
to see you exercise restraint while giving the radical elements a
chance to quiet the waters on their own initiative, refusing to talk
until the waters were quieted, and then taking firm action when it
was proper and driving home the fact that your city was above all else
a city of law and order.
I'm sure that the great majority of the citizens of Atlanta admired
and respected your course of action. My only purpose in writing this
letter is to let you know that there*$ome of us in other sections of
the U. S. who do too. When we have enough men of conviction in all the
various public offices, rights and responsibilities will come in the
same package and earned, not rioted for.
ae Oy
- PLE.
a G. eek