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T. BLAKE JACKSON
ATTORNEY AT LAW
523-7274
225 STANDARD FEDERAL SAVINGS BUILDING
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
September 30, 1966
Mr. Ivan Allen, dr.
3700 Northside Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
Dear Sir:
Perhaps this should be addressed simply "Gem Clip Allen" if a man is to
be accorded the sobriquet of the product he peddles, although it is my
understanding that your family feels that you couldn't sell even gem clips.
I join thousands of others in feeling that your performance on television
last night was about the most disgusting, undignified, irresponsible,
nauseating, unstatesmanlike and unwarranted act that could be performed by
the supposed mayor of a great city.
Although I am not a Maddox supporter but am actively supporting the Republican
candidate for Governor of this great State, Mr. Maddox deserves that prefix to
his name, and you have lowered yourself still further into the gutter by re-
ferring to him as "Drumstick Chicken Maddox". I believe that Mr. Maddox is
absolutely honorable and that his vocation is an honorable one, as is your
father's. As a matter of fact, I believe that even Mr. Eugene Patterson will
contede that he (Mr. Maddox) served good chicken at a reasonable price. Can
you say that you have done anything as worthwhile?
I concur with Mr. Maddox in his televised statement that your utterance
appeared to be that of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, so that I wonder
whether you collaborated on your statements. If you, too, feel that you are
now ashamed to be a Georgian, you, too, are invited out.
I felt that Mr. Maddox made a tremendously more restrained, intelligent and
statesmanlike appearance than you, even though your TV technicians attempted,
at one point, to make him appear foolish by technically reducing his
statement to gibberish.
Sincerely,
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Wxb Seth ren.
T. BLAKE JACKSON
LA
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