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The Carolinian Motel
ON U. S. 17-WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
GEORGETOWN. SOUTH CAROLINA
July 28, 1963
The Honorable Mayor Allen
City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I have just read an acconftt of your testimony
before the Senate's Commerce Commitee on the
proposed Civil Rights Bill. May I say that your
courageous expression of opinion makes me wish
that I lived in Atlanta so that I could vote
for you.
I especially applaud your contention that
a federal law will be necessary to implement ree
form on Civil Rights. Such reform has been found
woefully wanting at the local and state levels,
due to their own abdication of their own respomsi-
bilities.
I suppose that in the next election demagogic
opponents of you will make the mgst of your expressed
opinions. It is even conceivableghat, like Mr. Brooks
Hays, the ex-Congressman from LittleBock, you may
lose the election. However it may be, you may rest
secure in that you have done your duty and have been
true to your ideals.
Courage like yours is rare indeed. May tite the
South be blest with more leaders like you. And
be curst with less like Mr. Thurmond!
Respectfully,
Dunit bop~
Daniel Keefe
ON U. S. 17-WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
GEORGETOWN. SOUTH CAROLINA
July 28, 1963
The Honorable Mayor Allen
City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
I have just read an acconftt of your testimony
before the Senate's Commerce Commitee on the
proposed Civil Rights Bill. May I say that your
courageous expression of opinion makes me wish
that I lived in Atlanta so that I could vote
for you.
I especially applaud your contention that
a federal law will be necessary to implement ree
form on Civil Rights. Such reform has been found
woefully wanting at the local and state levels,
due to their own abdication of their own respomsi-
bilities.
I suppose that in the next election demagogic
opponents of you will make the mgst of your expressed
opinions. It is even conceivableghat, like Mr. Brooks
Hays, the ex-Congressman from LittleBock, you may
lose the election. However it may be, you may rest
secure in that you have done your duty and have been
true to your ideals.
Courage like yours is rare indeed. May tite the
South be blest with more leaders like you. And
be curst with less like Mr. Thurmond!
Respectfully,
Dunit bop~
Daniel Keefe