36 20 10383 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d8c38f0f2c6dc69d5325e61f5be2ec9b.pdf 1a808acfed0577abec8de910c15e113d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Yorn Dries ony 27, 7/963 Dun Atle, BO 1 Drraagard wf ATL Lo Lbs Che) ig 0H ee. Diig- legen cS eer free Soa Hee Le  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 36 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/25a387b07f638a3793d85e89fbe7b1fc.pdf fd92799c4ebfa125cf1bbfdb44d9efaa Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. McKENZIE INSURANCE AGENCY C!!om17lete c.7n.surance ~rvzce ,.9;/e;,hone 562 1 MONTEZUMA, GEORGIA ' July 27,1963 Mr. Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia. Dear Mr. Allen: Your action before t h e Senate Committee investigating the Kennedy Civil Right Pack age prompts me to write my first lette r o f p rotest. I am not a member of any Citizen's council, KKK or other segregation organization. I have actively supported Ernest Vandiver, Carl S anders and othe r s that s tood for a moderate approach to the racial q uestion i n the S tate of Georgia. Neve r -the-less it is app a l ling to me t hat a successful b usiness man, native Georgian, and Ma y or o f o u r l a r ges t city could go b efore a nationwi de audience and c o mp l ete ly c o n t radi c t t he views o f such d i stinguished Geor gian s as S en ator Rus se l l, Congr essm a n We l t ne r a n d Gove rn o r Sanders, who are conduc t ing the f i ght for o u r econo mi c exi ste nce. I respect your right to your opinion b u t as an independent business man I must pro t e st your public stand on this issue. So far at l e ast , as a b usi ness man, I am not compelled to do business with your company and I a m today instructing the Atlanta and the Macon offic i e s of the Ivan Allen company to remove my firm from their list of charge c u stomers. I sincerely hope for the best interest of Georgia that the people of the City of Atlanta can secure in the future leadership that will continue to support some moderate principles without a complete sell out to the super-liberals who would eventually destroy one of our country's basis freedoms - freedom of association. LHM: g m THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANa COMPANY OF AMERICA a mutual lif Insurance company � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Insurance AGENT “s0eves/ Tou Pigete Ca lft pendent Complete BE cares Ol erotbe McKENZIE INSURANCE AGENCY Telephone 5624 MONTEZUMA, GEORGIA ~ July 27,1963 Mr. Ivan Allen Jr., Mayor city of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia. Dear Mr. Alien: Your action before the Senate Committee investigating the Kennedy Civil Right Package prompts me to write my first letter of protest. I am not a member of any Citizen's Council, KKK or other segregation organization. I have actively supported Ernest Vandiver, Carl Sanders and others that stood for a moderate approach to the racial question in the State of Georgia. Never-the-less it is appalling to me that a successful business man, native Georgian, and Mayor of our largest city could go before a nationwide audience and completely contradict the views of such distinguished Georgians as Senator Russell, Congressman Weltner and Governor Sanders, who are conducting the fight for our economic existence. I respect your right to your opinion but as an independent business man I must protest your public stand on this issue. So far at least, as a business man, I am not compelled to do business with your company and I am today instructing the Atlanta and the Macon officies of the Ivan Allen Company to remove my firm from their list of charge customers. I sincerely hope for the best interest of Georgia that the people of the City of Atlanta can secure in the future leader- ship that will continue to support some moderate principles without a complete sell out to the super-liberals who would eventually destroy one of our country's basis freedoms - free- dom of association. Yours very truly, Yy wis H. McKenzi LHM: gm How Representing THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA a mutual life insurance company  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Text Any textual data included in the document deci puis “Ry AR anny hh Nhmed 2 be yaw Dare oi a reighletrnd heh. hes abet J 00 repre,” be Yau Chg Nehebsy LDEAL Wiad n-nhpitiitolihy ati 62 apes Pid om we litbinglirrd C, wher the Myre wrved ov Washington M-0 scbealy and Medintail aus, Le Lite prgle pled bike Cattle ont to poatiine, rnclehes the aterm, gereal, Arran Kputabires ele,  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 32 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d249f8b3b080c66e3df741974369eb78.pdf 18a075f1e27160e44ceb44c1bd32d3ac Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I I I I 30 July 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen Mayor of Atlanta . Atlanta, Georgia -1 Well Mayor Allen , How does it feel to know that four years from now you will be elected mayor again by majority of the Negro vote? Granted you became a pretty smart fellow that "awakening" night when you sat down in deep thought of how you could be sure of another four years in office, when it suddenly dawned on you that the Negros were "a sure thing". If you catered to them they would be your meal ticket for another term in office. Smart thinking, mayor! Good show! Of course what the South and the "minority" white may have to say about this doesn't count now; they may have at one time, but not now, right mayor? Good boy ! Naturally we both know that what does count and what we must bear in mind constantly are four main things, such as: #1. the thrill of a Kennedy handshake and smile that leaves you tingling all over with happiness; #2. money money everywhere (in your pocket); #3. your famed from ear to ear smily picture in the daily headlines; and last but not by any means least #4. the Negro vote - whatever you may do, mayor, don't forget the Negro vote! Now if you keep all these four thoughts very well for yourself. Just don't let like for instance , letting wha t Atlanta rul e) f eel s or believes in get into t he of pr ivate enterprise. No mayor, don't i t t o yourse l f ) l ike we did who el e cted disa strous public mi stake is enough for crow while you are in office. in mind, mayor, you'll do anything else creep up, (you know, the p l ace you newspaper s , or the r ight s show y ourself a fool (keep you into office . One the f our years of eat ing Be ca reful now may or, a nd don't t ake any wooden nickle s or white v otes ! Watch y our s elf. Sincerely put for th by one who did not become a traitor to the South, bu t who , alas, voted one to office. P.S. Won ' t it be wonderful when Kennedy comes to Atlanta as he plans. Then you can have your picture taken with him and put on the front page. However, don ' t get carried---;;;ay like the French do , and kiss him on both ~heeks •. That might look naughty. So do try to restrain yourself ( i n front of the press anyway). � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document i I | | 30 July 1963 Havor ivan Allen Mayor of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia- ‘ Well Mayor Allen, How does it feel to know that four years from now you will be elected mayor again by majority of the Negro vote? Granted you became a pretty smart fellow that "awakening" night when you sat down in deep thought of how you could be sure of another four years in office, when it suddenly dawned on you that the Negros were "a sure thing". If you catered to them they would be your meal ticket for another term in office. Smart thinking, mayor! Good show: Of course what the South and the "minority'’ white may have to say about this doesn't count now; they may have at one time, but not now, right mayor? Good boy: Naturally we both know that what does count and what we must bear in mind constantly are four main things, such as: #1. the thrill of a Kennedy handshake and smile that leaves you tingling all over with happiness; #2. money money everywhere (in your pocket); #3. your famed from ear to ear smily picture in the daily headlines; and last but not by any means least #4. the Negro vote - whatever you may do, mayor, don't forget the Negro vote! Now if you keep all these four thoughts in mind, mayor, you'll do very well for yourself. Just don't let anything else creep up, like for instance, letting what Atlanta (you know, the place you rule) feels or believes in get into the newspapers, or the rights of private enterprise. No mayor, don't show yourself a fool (keep it to yourself) Like we did who elected you into office. One disastrous public mistake is enough for the four years of eating crow while you are in office. Be careful now mayor, and don't take any wooden nickles or white votes! Watch yourself. Sincerely put forth by one who did not become a traitor to the South, but who, alas, voted one to office. P.S. Won't it be wonderful when Kennedy comes to Atlanta as he plans. Then you can have your picture taken with him and put onthe front page. However, don't get carried away like the French do, and kiss him on both cheeks, That might look naughty. So do try to restrain yourself (in front of the press anyway).  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 31 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/640fa91ba199d4ac1ac0fde57f7cc108.pdf c0c663dc5c5b5e2a9ee8e207d75649a7 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Shreveport, La. July, 27, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. Atlanta, Ga. Dear Mayor Allen I see by the papers you are advocating the passage of Big Bad John's civil rights legislation. Mayor Allen it must be very hard on a man when he can't go home and look his family in the face and tell them he hasn't got the backbone or guts to to stand up for what is best for both races. I sincerely hope I never get that weak kneed. It sounds to me that you have been in many conferences with Ralph McGill , the professional intergrater and agitator. Do you know what would happen if 3hreveport had a newspaper like Ralph Mc§ills paper. We would tar and feather him and run him out of town . You would not last until the next election i n Shreveport, You have you also y ou were we would completely sur r ender ed your freedom to the Keenedy's and in doing so surrendered the fre edom of the people of Atlanta. I am so thankful that not around .dur ing the Boston tea party or during the American Revolution st i ll be under the thumb of Englarld.. Mayor I'll tel l you and al l t he Kennedys s omething. There are st i l l a lot of good · red bloode d americans i n thi s great count r y of our s and we are going to fight you and t htt:Kennedys as long as ther e is a breadth in us. I fail to understand how you can support sending thous ands of troops in Mis s issippi to support a decision unconst itut ional and at the same t ime back away from sending troops to enforce the Monroe 0oct rine i n Cuba. I have not heard you are any other of the do gooders open your big mouth about the american indian. This is the most discriminated against american living today. I wonder why some one has not championed f or his cause. It could be that he doesn't block vote like the darkie. I wish you luck Mayor. Perhaps you can tell your daughter she has got to accept the negrot as her equal and perhaps she may even marry one and just think your grand children could be one white and the other black. I do not expect to hear from you, because you knoww I speak the truth. If you have ansewers I would enjoy hearing from you . ~l~~ 2722 W. College Shr eveport, La. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Shreveport, La. July, 27,1963 Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. Atlanta, Ga. Dear Mayor Allen I see by the papers you are advocating the passage of Big Bad John's civil rights legislation. Mayor Allen it must be very hard on a man when he can't go home and look his family in the face and tell them he hasn't got the backbone or guts to to stand up for what is best for both races. I sincerely hope I never get that weak kneed. It sounds to me that you have been in many conferences with Ralph McGill, the professional intergrater and agitator. Do you know what would happen if Shreveport had a newspaper like Ralph Mc§ills paper. We would tar and feather him and run him out of town. You would not last until the next election in Shreveport, You have completely surrendered your freedom to the Kennedy's and in doing so you also surrendered the freedom of the people of Atlanta. I am so thankful that you were not around during the Boston tea party or during the American evolutinn we would still be under the thumb of England. Mayor I'll tell you and all the Kennedys something. There are still a lot of good red blodded americans in this gre at country of ours and we are going to fight you and thé Kennedys as long as there id a breadth in us. I fail to understand how you can support sending thousands of troops in Mississippi to support a decision unconstitutional and at the same time back away from sending troops to enforce the Monroe Yoctrine in Cuba, I have not heard you are any other of the do gooders open your big mouth about the american indian. This is the most discriminated against american living today. I wonder why some one has not championed for his cause. It could be that he doesn't block vote like the darkie. I wish you luck Mayor. Perhaps you can tell your daughter she has got to accept the negroge as her equal and perhaps she may even marry one and just think your grand children could be one white and the other black. I do not expect to hear from you, because you knoww I speak the truth. If you have ansewers I would enjoy hearing from you. Robert Hill .. ifort? I. 2722 W. College Shreveport, La.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 30 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8fd70f9155ddcdb15b9ff94683f58581.pdf e54ef239dde2198f51e22fef1ee73960 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1775 Alvarado Terrace , SW Atlanta , Georgia 30310 August 1, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen, You ought to be ashamed of yourself - going to Washington trying to curry favor with the administration while your prote ges continue to harass Mr. Leh, one of Atlanta's finest citizens, a tax payer and businessman who feels that he should be allowed to determine whom he will serve in his restaurant. You wouldn't have been proud of these agitators if you could have seen them last Friday afternoon, as we did from our office window, as they sat in the middle of the Forsyth- Luckie street intersection and blocked traffic for thirty minutes or longer, and then allowed themselves to be dragged like animals and thrown into the police wagon. It was a frightening and explosive situation. Many of those in the crowd that gathered were very angry, especially the motorists, and it would not have taken much to have touched off fi ghting and bloodshed. Within less than a block of Leb' s Restaurant the r e are two other r est aurant s and a c afeteria that have desegre gated, but obnoxious pickets are still allowe d to torment Mr. Leh. You ar e askin g Con gress to pass ·the civil ri ght s bill so t hat you can f u lfi ll your a lleged promises to the Ne gro vote r s when you were campai gning, and then di s mi s s it by sayin g wha t you did about schoo l desegre gation . (Copy of arti cle i n TI ME i nclosed. ) Your use of profan i ty to s ay what you did in t he TI ME art i cle is deplorabl e. In last Tuesday' s Atlant a Jour nal you were quoted as us ing anothe r vul gar wor d . Ask our Juvenile Court j udge if that is a good examp le f or a mayor to set f or the young peopl e in hi s ci ty. Yours very truly, P. S. Were you proud of t he way the Satur day Evening Post advertised their article on Atl anta - "Atlanta Hell-Bent for Culture" ? It sounded to me as if they were making f un of us. At lant a i s fast l os ing all her culture and refinement and I ' m depressed over it. I have l i ved in Atlanta since 1905. M. L. D. Copy to Senators Thurmond, Russell and Talmadge � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 1775 Alvarado Terrace, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30310 August 1, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen, You ought to be ashamed of yourself - going to Washington trying to curry favor with the administration while your proteges continue to harass Mr. Leb, one of Atlanta's finest citizens, a tax payer and businessman who feels that he should be allowed to determine whom he will serve in his restaurant. You wouldn't have been proud of these agitators if you could have seen them last Friday afternoon, as we did from our office window, as they sat in the middle of the Forsyth-Luckie street inter- section and blocked traffic for thirty minutes or longer, and then allowed themselves to be dragged like animals and thrown into the police wagon. It was a frightening and explosive situation. Many of those in the crowd that gathered were very angry, especially the motorists, and it would not have taken much to have touched off fighting and bloodshed, Within less than a block of Leb's Restaurant there are two other restaurants and a cafeteria that have desegregated, but obnoxious pickets are still allowed to torment Mr. Leb. You are asking Congress to pass the civil rights bill so that you can fulfill your alleged promises to the Negro voters when you were campaigning, and then dismiss it by saying what you did about school desegregation. (Copy of article in TIME inclosed.) Your use of profanity to say what you did in the TIME article is deplorable. In last Tuesday's Atlanta Journal you were quoted as using another vulgar word. Ask our Juvenile Court judge if that is a good example for a mayor to set for the young people in his city. Yours very truly, Marie L. De Lay P. S. Were you proud of the way the Saturday Evening Post advertised their article on Atlanta - "Atlanta Hell-Bent for Culture"? It sounded to me as if they were making fun of us, Atlanta is fast losing all her culture and refinement and I'm depressed over it. I have lived in Atlanta since 1905. M L. D. Copy to Senators Thurmond, Russell and Talmadge  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 29 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/33a493979d7676f82c16334b3420dbf5.pdf d2bbe12f7f1f23b266cdef0d059eb2cc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I rl't \111, hl'II ,aid wa , J!Olll' with tht· "inrl. I -.iy ,tra11cd~·· bcc.rn,t· fe" , f them p,irBoom Town 111iµared in tho,c day,. Su many ,peak of Peachtree Street was never before li ke magnolia, .incl beautiful ladie~ :incl ,oit thi,. Handsome st11nt'-and-1dass uffi,c and night, and ,o many of them had only apartment buildinK, are ,proutin11 all ove r hookworm :ind povert) . We in Atlanta -\tlanta. In thr pa,t two years \\orkmcn havl' been movini:: and izetling ,omewhere put the fmi~hinl! touthes on such major O\Cr thr year,.·· new duwnto,1 n ,t ruct ure, a, a ! ! -, tory . I· ori::et ting the pa,;t. -\tlant a ha, ,1cl $11 million .\tlanta .\1e rchand1,t: .\tart. ,omed the intlu:'< of :-:orthern husincs, and and a .,1-,tr,ry ht:adquartcr, for the Hank hlood thar h;l\c iziYen the city a rn,rnooi Georgia . loirie,t ~ky~rraper in the polita11 .tir :1 110 011tlook. :--:n major ~nuth~· outheast. Thi , yc:ir rn~· nffili:tl, rxprct l'rn I ity hn, n1a n:.iizect to inte~ratc it , ~,·. to i,sue arounct $1 !O mill ion ,, orth of new (?roe, ,o 11cll .tnd ,o ,moothly . . ·u1 ;1 ,111gle hu ildin!! permit,. From r,1·0 to ,.,1,0 metugl) inrident 1n.1rred rh.e J-Ull'U'llisw uf ) ropolit a n Arl.inta·, pvpulat i,,11 iumpcrl ,rhool, l.1,1 , .. '-hruc, .\(;l\·or :\lien . 40', lo r .o r;.J.'~:-1 and i, ,till i:r, ·.11111,( at the !;1 " a, , ,11 tht· liuok,. :ind 1t the r:ite oi ., o.ooo a yea r. Th" ~r:iriou, ,~ ·n· .tr.d ,._, 1!11 I it dune. th.it , ,di. " y-. -,-, ,".,".". .". ,g:-: ,r;::a:-:-pr.)-:-." 1:-::a-:,- ;'"·...,- hellc of l he ,M ~11ut h ha, hern111,• th<' na - ' - -"'t"r'l:r1'=n'.':g~ -rr:r'.':eTr+:--: t ion's ne,1·e,t ho"111 town ancl m., naL:l'd to hel'n k111d It> \tlJ11ta. lfrr:iu-1• it i, 1.050 turn the trick without lo:;mg hn poi<c hr It. nhmc -l',t 1,·,l'I- next to IJt•n ,·e r the showini;i an ankle. hii:h1·,t hil! ut, 111 the l' ." .-.\tlanr:1 csNo Playboys. ·'Thnl, ;1 • u. taincd , .tpt·, r lw t·nnLrl 11111 ~nur hern hl'a t. h:1~ dri,·e here th:it retain, a ,t'n,1 ,t ,·.d ue, 11 1, ,·r;1L:,· \11..:11, t 1,•mpn:1f11n .,j only ,ay. Editor E,i;.:,·ne l'artcr,011 , 1 the \ \ 11d .\ I.. 1.1. 111 h 11,·" ::-!o mitt11J1 lan1a C1111.,t1/11/1,111, ·· 11 ·~ not the Hou,ton ,ict nirport 111,I 1; r.1ilro:1d linl',. ha, the ' go-i;io; the dri1·e i, herl' hut !ht hr:ishncs i:ood fortune t,, . it 111 the middlt- of the 1, not.· · :Murh of .\t Ian ta ·s stahility under ,out hca-krn 1<'l(iun ut the l . .:-. t h;1t i~ rhanl(e come, from ih husines, leader~ ,,1·itt lv ht·w111111g indu,trial ized . .-\tlant:i is ,1111 rt·co,·erini: from the J une ~u, h as Rohert \\'nod ruff. Cora-Cola ·~ retired chairman. and Richard Rich of jl'l liner unsh 111 Frante tha t killed 10:; oi R1th's. the South's largest department it s citizrn, . 111dudi11g many of the ri ty',; ru lt ur,tl lead n ~. Tht:, 1tv rercnth· suftercd ~tore . who have long made no-nonsense civil enterprise an Atlanta tradition. '-This a ,eth:irk ul another kind 11h;·n ,·otrr, is not n playhoy'. town and it's not a turnecl dm , n :111 :<~o rni llton bond i,-ue '" cocktail-at-lunch town.· · . ays Ma yor Ivan llnance a \\'ide ,·:_iriet~· of homt' 1nunt~· AJ!en Jr .. himself the former pre,iclent of 1mpro, ·e111rnt, . including nn elabo rat e lulthe South's largest office-supply firm. tural center. L.1 , 1 ,,eek the leader,; were " This is a b usine sman ·s town. l,laminiZ the defeat univ on thcm~e lvc,. It is a lso a town that honors its tradi~aid Editor T'attcr,on: .:It wa, overconfttions "'ithout hecominr,t mired in them. den,c We had succeeded for ,o long r "The besetting sin of the South is worthought we co uldn't fail. Therefore we ship of t he South." says William Hartsd1dn 't spell it out to the voters the way we field. mayor of Atlanta from I93i throul(h . hould have. ~ext time we'll do it rir,tht. On the ha sis of past performance~. there 1961. Strana::ely. many people in the South today wor~hip the day that Margaseem, every chance that they ·will. CITIES TIME THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE (Issue of August 17, 1962) Talks About Our ATLANTA •• • ' ATLANTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITIES Boom Town Peachtree Street was never before like this. Handsome stone-and-glass office and apartment buildings are sprouting all over Atlanta. In the past two years workmen put the finishing touches on such major new downtown structures as a 22-story. $12 million Atlanta Merchandise Mart. and a 31-story headquarters for the Bank of Georgia. loftiest skyscraper in the Southeast. This year city official. expect to issue around $120 million worth of new building permits. From ryso te 1460 met- ropolitan Atlanta’s population jumped 4o% to 1.017.188 and is still growing at the rate of 30.000 a vear. The gracious belle of the old South has become the na- tion’s newest hoom town and matiaged to turn the trick without losing her poise or showing an ankle. No Playboys. “There's « <ustained drive here that retains a sense of values ~ says Editor Eugene Patterson ot the At- lanta Constitution. “It's not the Houston go-go; the drive is here but the brashness is not.” Much of Atlanta's stability under change comes from its business leaders. such as Robert Woodruff, Coca-Cola's re- tired chairman, and Richard Rich of Rich’s, the South's largest department store, who have long made no-nonsense civic enterprise an Atlanta tradition. “This is not a playboy’s town and it’s not a cocktail-at-lunch town.’ says Mayor Ivan Allen Jr., himself the former president of the South’s largest office-supply firm. This is a businessman's town.” It is also a town that honors its tradi- tions without becoming mired in them. “The besetting sin of the South is wor- ship of the South,” says William Harts- field, mayor of Atlanta from 1937 through 1961. “Strangely. many people in the South today worship the day that Marga- ret Mitchell said was gone with the wind. I say strangely’ because few of them par- Uicipated in those days. So many speak of magnolias and beautiful ladies and sott nights, and so many of them had only hookworm and poverty. We in Atlanta have been moving and getting somewhere over the vears.” Forgetting the past, Atlanta has wel- comed the influx of Northern business and blood that have given the city a cosmo- politan air and outlook. No major South- ern city has managed to integrate its Ne- groes so well and so smoothly. Not a single ugly incident murred_the imtegration of — schools last) ve: Shrugs Mavor Allen: Hell the Jaw was on the hooks, and it Was here am we got it done been kind fo Atlanta. Because it is 1.050 It. above sea level—next to Denver the highest big citv in the U.S,—Atlanta es- capes the enervating Southern heat, has mn oaverage \usust temperature of only And Atlanta, with a new $20 million jet airport and 13 railroad lines, has the good fortune to sit in the middle of the southeastern region of the U.S. that is swiftly becoming industrialized, Atlanta is <till recovering from the June jetliner crash in France that killed 105 of its citizens. including many of the city’s cultural leaders. The city recently suffered a setback of another kind when voters turned down an So million bond issue tu finance a wide variety of home county improvements. including an elaborate cul- tural center. Last week the leaders were blaming the defeat only on themselves. Said Editor Patterson: “It was overconfi- dence We had succeeded for so long I thought we couldn't fail. Therefore we didn’t spell it out to the voters the way we should have. Next time we'll do it right.” On the basis of past performances, there seems every chance that they will. _ thats all.” Hing Pretty. Geography has ato TIME THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGATINE (Issue of August 17, 1962) Talks About Our ATLANTA ST  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 28 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/aaf495d342063bfc855a3b02406afbc5.pdf 862cae7f85e2298f2235a33f84f3840d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Dear Sir: 1i1 you please help me get the follo ing information fro Supre e Coart f the Before I start my next year ' s crop, I wou.1d like to get things straight , as the Supre e Court has changed maJly things that our Constitution and Fore Fathers stood for . First : I would like to sell ucy· hogs, but all of the are whit and I don ' t kno hether I can sell my hogB unle&s I have an equal number of black ones to go along with them . Second: I would like to know if I ill be pre itted to plant white and black peas in separated rows of equal lengbt, or ill I have to mix them together? Third: ould it be permissable to seperate my white and black cattle by use of fence . or do I have to let them run togeth~r? Fourth : My white coon dog won ' t hW1t with ID¥ black dog . Should I gt an injunction to make them hunt togethez? The black dog wont ' even hunt coons~ and the white dog won't hunt birds. Do you suppose the judge can use leg l perauation on this, or ill Kennedy send troops to make the hunt together? If they convict our Governor and send him to concentration camp , ay I take him mixed peas and parboiled u .s , coon met ruid blackbird pie to 6Uppl eLt the di t the Yallkee6 are jawming down our throat? I ould like to get a copy of the words to the Star Spangled Banner . My copy i all ixed up with Old Black Joe, and it just doesn 't soun right . I want to l arn the ational Anthe ver ion so I can be 10~ right. 5 , 000 year ago oses sai : Pick up your shovel , I will send you to the Pro ised Land. tt ount your aas and 5 , 000 year l ter Roosevelt said , "Lay down your shovels, sit on your ass, lit:,ht u!, a c~ilel, this,!!!. the Promised .Land." tr tch out , l.ennedy will tak away your shovel, sell el, kick your ass, and give the nigger the Pro.aised L d. 1:ow if you don't your c I' dog and lad I" n en.nedy wa6 eric n. Tree I ( I wish I were free. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Dear Sir: Will you please help me get the foilowing information from the Supreme Court? Before I start my next year's crop, I would like to get things straight, as the Supreme Court has changed many things that our Constitution and Fore Fathers stood for. First: I would like to sell my hogs, but all of them ,re white and I don't know whether I can sell my hogs unless I have an equal number of black ones to go along with them. Second: I would like to know if I will be premitted to plant white and black peas in separated rows of equal lenght, or will I have to mix them together? Third: Would it be permissable to separate my white and black cattle by use of fence, or do I have to let them run together? Fourth: My white coon dog won't hunt with my black dog. Should I get an injunction to make them hunt together? The black dog won t even hunt coons, and the white dog won't hunt birds. Do you suppose the judge can use legal persuasion on this, or wili Kennedy send troops to make them hunt together? if they convict our Governor and send him to concentration camp, may i take him mixed peas and parboiled eggs, coon meat and blackbird pie to supplement the diet the Yankees are jamming down our throats? I would like to get a copy of the words to the Star Spangled Banner. My copy is all mixed up with Old Black Joe, and it just doesn't sound right. I want to learn the National Anthem version so I can be 100% right. 5,000 years ago Moses said: "Pick up your shovels, mount your ass, and I will send you to the Promised land." 5,000 yeers later Roosevelt said, “Lay down your shovels, sit on your ass, light up a catel, this is the Promised Land." Now if you don’t watch out, Kennedy will take away your shovel, sell your camel, kick your ass, and give the niggers the Promised Land. I'm glad I am an Americen. I wish I were free. I wish I were a little dog end Kennedy was a Tree 3 é P  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 27 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/18daad050a830cb34d04590c4209eafc.pdf ead8f73f7ad4e40e8c8369a78987a6df Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. July 26, 1963 Mayor Ivan All an Atlanta , Georgia Dear Sir: This morning as I was on my way t o work , I heard a news broadcas t t hat r ather s hocked me. I heard a statement from you regarding the Supreme Court decisions stating tha t we had to go along and suppor t t heir dec isions. It seems rather strange to me t hat we would have to support all of t hei r decisions because from all i ndicat ions of the pas t and present, the Supreme Court seems to be on the side of the Liberals and the Communists. Sinc e I have j ust finished reading "The Warren Impea chment Packet" and found some very shocking and documentation on it, I thought a man of your high standing mi ght be i nterested in obta ining it and to read for yours el f just what is happening in our Supreme Court of the l and. This is something tha t every American who loves his country should rea d . Our Bible tells us tha t?i "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free .' 1ayor Allan, I pry tha t you will have t he desire to read this pa cket not only f or your s ake and your familJ but for the people you a re serving in city government. May God bless you and give you a burning desire to seek the truth. Very truly yours, 143.215.248.55 THE U. S. SUPREME COURT 'Wlucli ude" ii tu1,? Wou ld you li ke to see the record, and to know what to do about it? Then order THE WARREN IMPEACHMENT PACKET One Dollar, Postpaid THE MOVEMENT TO IMPEACH EARL WARREN Bel mont 78, Massachusetts � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document July 26, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allan Atlanta, Georgia Dear Sir: This morning as I was on my way to work, I heard a news broadcast that rather shocked me. I heard a statement from you regarding the Supreme Court decisions stating that we had to go along and support their decisions. It seems rather strange to me that we would have to support all of their decisions because from all indications of the past and present, the Supreme Court seems to be on the side of the Liberals and the Communists. Since I have just finished reading "The Warren Impeachment Packet" and found some very shocking and documentation on it, I thought a man of your high standing might be interested in obtaining it and to read for yourself just what is happening in our Supreme Court of the land. This is something that every American who loves his country should read. Our Bible tells us that, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." Mayor Allan, I pray that you will have the desire to read this packet not only for your sake and your family but for the people you are serving in city government. May God bless you and give you a burning desire to seek the truth. Very truly yours, THE U. S. SUPREME COURT Which side is it on? Would you like to see the record, and to know what to do about it? Then order THE WARREN IMPEACHMENT PACKET One Dollar, Postpaid THE MOVEMENT TO IMPEACH EARL WARREN Belmont 78, Massachusetts  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 26 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0fd74a6ac3b442628e577644a0ce6cbb.pdf 55c864ce23e1411aa122f5dbeb21c430 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. • Somewhere in Georgia. July 30, 1963. D1::ar Mr. Allen: Pleas e tak e note that I did not addr€ SS you as Mayor, for in my opinion, and tens of thousands more Georgians, the only place you could qualify for mayor would be Mount Bayou, Miss. It is no secret, and is general talk over the state, that Hartsfiel, Martin Luther Ki:rtsand the whole Negro Bloc Vote that plus some good citizens in Atlanta that were blinded at the time of the fact you wouM turn out to be another Benedict Arnold, put you into offtce. Now Lhose good citizens are rueing the day they did it, and Hartsfield, King and the Negros in general have such a strangle hold on you, that you have to do exactly what they dictate to you. You are not ayr;/'t,f Atlanta, you are only a flYes~ man to Luther King and Hartsfield, and may God have pity on the City of Atlanta and its e-ood citizens during the balance of your term. I onder ho you fe pi1 t-vhen you w1k down the streets of Atlanta and have to meet face to f ace with the good people tha t help put you in office, kno ing just Jr1ow they feel toward you now. Sure when your term _is up you will run a gain, Luther and Hartsfield will see to that. Sure you will get all of the Negro vote, but practifally none of the whi te vote, and thank God theres not enugh Negros to put you in again. After your trek to Washingt on, and the stand you took, ~ell ing your City, your State ad the entire South down the river, you are just ~bout the most dispised man in the South. You could resign, go crawl in a hole and pull the hole in behind you c:1.nd let us all forget you ever exi st·e d. Actually I feel sorry for you. From a Georgian that i s ashamed to admit he lives near Atlanta, a s l ong a s you are the ~Ye s~ Mayor. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Somewhere in Georgia, July 30, 1963. Dear Mr. Allen: Please take note that I did not address you as Mayor, for in my opinion, and tens of thousands more Georgians, the only piace you could qualify for mayor would be Mount Bayou, Miss. It is no secret, and is general talk over the state, that. Hartsfiel, Martin Luther Kir and the whole Negro Bloc Vote that plus sone good citizens in Atlante that were blinded at the time of the fact you voud turn out to be another Benedict Arnold, put you into offtce. Now chose good citizens are rueing the day they did it, and Hartsfield, King and the Negros in general have such a strangle hold on you, that you have to do exactly what they dictate to you. You are not May7of Atlanta, you are only a "Yes™ man to Luther King und Hartsfield, and may God have pity on the City of Atlanta and its cood citizens during the balance of your term. I wonder how you ferél when you wlk down the streets of Atlanta and have to meet face to face with the good people that help put you in office, knowing just how they feel toward you now. Sure when your term is up you will run again, Luther and Hartsfield will see to that. Sure you will get all or the Negro vote, but practifally none of the white vote, and thank God theres not eough Negros to put you in again. After your trek to Washington, and the stand you took, selling your City, your State ad the entire South down the river, you are just -bout the most dispised man in the South. You covld resign, go crawl in a hole and pull the hole in behind you and let us all forget you ever existed. Actvally I feel sorry for you. From a Georgian that is ashamed to admit he lives near Atlanta, as long as you are the "Yes™ Mayor.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 25 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/0b4a9c1ec48a2d4d8900fc584ab70535.pdf 5567424b01b1dd7091daf05fbb4bb60e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. BOGGS, BLALOCK&. HOLBROOK ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW PHO NE: ELG I N 5 · 649 3 LYNCH BUILDING JACKSONVILLE 2, FLORIDA DEAN BOGGS S , GORDON BLALOCK H . LEON HOLBROOK GORDON P. BLITCH, JR. August 1, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: I am sure most people in this country who are interested in maintaining our constitutional freedoms, were dismayed at your testimony before Congress in favor of a Bill which would take away the right of the owner of private property and business to sell or not to sell to whom he pleases. As you know, there has been growing encroachment by the Federal Government on the rights of our citizens and States as reserved to them under the Constitution and lest we, without regard to political expediency,resist all such further encroachment and reverse this trend, we will end up under a dictatorship. The South has always been the champion of States' Rights and individual freedom and it was quite surprising to see the Mayor of Atlanta advocating this Bill. Very truly yours, ~ --- c:;,~ .· Dean Boggs le � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document BOGGS, BLALOCK & HOLBROOK ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW PHone ELoin 5-6493 LYNCH BUILDING DEAN BOGGS JACKSONVILLE 2,FLORIDA S.GORDON BLALOCK H. LEON HOLBROOK GORDON P. BLITCH, JR. August 1, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: I am sure most people in this country who are in- terested in maintaining our constitutional freedoms, were dismayed at your testimony before Congress in favor of a Bill which would take away the right of the owner of private property and business to sell or not to sell to whom he pleases. As you know, there has been growing encroachment by the Federal Government on the rights of our citizens and States as reserved to them under the Constitution and lest we, without regard to political expediency, resist all such further encroachment and reverse this trend, we will end up under a dictatorship. The South has always been the champion of States’ Rights and individual freedom and it was quite surprising to see the Mayor of Atlanta advocating this Bill. Very truly yours, Dean Boggs le  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 24 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d0fb5d1beb95a360b90091533e621406.pdf 06218b1f06f6dda242a3dd74a7c12233 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 1355 Battle View Drive,N.W. AtJ;anta 27, Georgia August 1, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jro City Hall Atlanta, Georgia This is not Thanksgiving, but thanks! Thanks for going to Washington and telling the Senate Commerce Committee to pass the Public Accommodations Bill so the Federal government can control and operate our private businesses. Thanks for making yourself clear: "We've got to go one of two ways -- we can't keep messing around." From this statement, I assume you think the Federal government isn't moving fast enough toward Socialismo Mayor Allee, you did solidify the votes of the 200,000 people you represented in Washington, but you should realize from the last Mayor's election that you are assured of this support anyway. But thanks for not representing most of the white people in Atlanta, especially me. . Since~el2t ) ~. ; (,#1-/L<AJ.,-_,I F. L. Graves � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document 1355 Battle View Drive,N.W. Atlanta 27, Georgia August 1, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr. City Hall Atlanta, Georgia This is not Thanksgiving, but thanks} Thanks for going to Washington and telling the Senate Commerce Committee to pass the Public Accommodations Bill so the Federal government can control and operate our private businesses, Thanks for making yourself clear: "We've got to go one of two ways =~ we can't keep messing around." From this statement, I assume you think the Federal government isn't mov ing fast enough toward Socialism. Mayor Allaa, you did solidify the votes of the 200,000 people you represented in Washington, but you should realize from the last Mayor's election that you are assured of this support anyway. But thanks for not representing most of the white people in Atlanta, especially me. se eeeerene LA Mesias) ‘ee e Graves  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 23 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/9e89d3d66bd11daef831e5018d3db81e.pdf 20fd5d9ccecc5ba4409dc8df973abb61 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. 54 4 2 PEACHTREE INDUSTR IA L BLVD . P. 0. BOX 20S ~ hctni6le(Y, ~m:,lcl/ August 2, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta 3, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: For the sake of the record, I want you to know that I disagree with your stand on the bill proposed by Mr. Kennedy to take from owners and operators of businesses their right to serve whom they please. It is my belief that if a man must be forced to serve someone against his will that he should have the right to force others to be his customer against their will. Both ideas are completely unrealistic and incompatable with the right of free men who own businesses and operate them. Sincere1y /?'%/n~;_, Hubert L. Harris P R E S I D E N T HLH:jjl � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Lees) i 2h: 5442 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD. Pao: ee 205 &G Vi VI Mi Vy, Wl, 0 Gove UW é August 2, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta 3, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: For the sake of the record, I want you to know that I disagree with your stand on the bill proposed by Mr. Kennedy to take from owners and operators of bus- inesses their right to serve whom they please. It is my belief that if a man must be forced to serve someone against his will that he should have the right to force others to be his customer against their will. Both ideas are completely unrealistic and in- compatable with the right of free men who own businesses and operate them. 7 pEncel Sra o Sf A-G Hubert L. Harris PO Reh Sek Debalina? HLH: jj1  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 22 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/6181f2b2223ad71776e7a39fafe8c920.pdf 6f428285befb8b670ee552c0e6a47ecd Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. l J FULL R August 2, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: The Atlanta Journal reported happily Negroes had written to you approving legislation while only 67 whites had l ate you on your magnificent victory does no doubt the high water mark of political career. Yours very truly, ~ ~==-- -=Pope H. Fuller PHF/pl the other night that 357 your stand on civil rights opposed. I wish to congratuhere, representing as it your mental, cultura l and � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document August 2, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: The Atlanta Journal reported happily the other night that 357 Negroes had written to you approving your stand on civil rights legislation while only 67 whites had opposed, I wish to congratu- late you on your magnificent victory here, representing as it does no doubt the high water mark of your mental, cultural and political career, Yours very truly, POPE H._ FULLER ARCHITECT =e | ot ar we: —— Pope H, Fuller PHF /p1  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 21 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/1a3324fabe1b797dffa1ca8788a273fa.pdf d29a1c02caf70a87319a78cb2e4e03ae Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. r. ayor Mencks: Corner s.c. July 31. ' 63 • RTE 3 . I van Al ifuen Jr . Atl ant a Ga . . Dear Sir. r ewspa per a ccount of your t estimony in re gards the 'Castro Brothers' lop-sided Bivil Rights Bill I read with disgust :-.nd lo . thini . In their power mad eagerness to win fo r th emselves th e votes of a cl a.ss of people who are ill fitt ed and mor.:l ly .md mentally unfit to vote , the 'Castro Brothers:' arro~antly, contemptuously and otherwis·e utterly cdlisre~ard the Civil Riihts; of de cent and respectable Whit es throughout the nat:i!on: Whites who should h&ve the ri~ht to choos,e· their asso ci~t es; and· their chil<dlren 's ~.sso ciat es. ·God made Whites and God made c·o lored. In his infinite wisdom he did not mix them. Today, unprinc-ipled Whit es have the effrontery to m.i x the r a ces a,s · though t he Al mi ~hty Dod had made a mist a ke. Oh how I loate~ a:arl despise such. Between 80 and 85 percent of the negro race are morally, ment ally, and oth erwise unfit to have the privile~e of v-otin~. They bre ed like c9.t s and do r;s -.nd a.re eas:ily led and influenced to vote in a~c 11,,loes- re~ardless: of the harm or b en efit to their state· or· nat ion. Unprincipled politiciar11s who· do not hesitate to s.toO'p to anythin~ know this o And because of t his: knowledie they woo the neiro vote with a Civil Ri~hts Bil l ~ foo.li:o~ the ne~roes; 'by pr eachin~ wh.i.t they d0 not practice o How illum:inatini, how very illuminatini it would ' be to publicize the followin~:- How· many of the Kennedy children: children and r,randchildren · of Supreme Court justices,: of l esser Justices: attend schoo-J.:a attended ,y ne~ro childrem.. How many of such children are taui ht by nep-o teachers? How many of such children attend churches where negroes and Whites sit tor,ether?How m.my of the above named class r,o to negro doctors for medical advice? How m;my of the above named class have: ne~roes livin~ in ho:ries adjacent t© t heir homes , or even -i n close proxi mity? How many of the above named class would welcome or encoura~e their children to marry into the ne~ro race, or vice-vers-.? Just why are there no negroes .moni Kennedy's personal body~ards ? Just why were no ne~roes included in Kennedy's recent trip a road? Other thin~s, coule me ascertained and if. the truth were known- HYPOCRISY oft-he worst ki nd would be uncovered ~ on~st those ent on er~ooninr; willy-nilly down the throats of respe cta•le whites the nefarious 'Castro Sros, ' Bill. If the ne~ro race only realiz·ed it , the respect ab·le White Southerner is a far etter and more worthwhile .friend th.m the unprincipled politicians in Washton .md elsewhere. I know n-e~oes .for whom I have a lot more respect th-,.n I have .for the 'Castro Bes •. 1 and the other politic-.1 hypocrites who foo·l the ne~ro r.ice. IT IS PATHETIC, DISGUSTING, .nd NIUSEATING in the extreme to know and read about th e l oud-mout hed Whites, who are traitors to their race and their nation by supinely bein~ YES MEN for the 'Castro Bros.' in endorsin~ the contempti le CRB. On the other hand, this n.tion should he more than proud of men like Strom Thurmond and Donald Russell of' s.c.~ Geo. Wallace of Ala.,: and Ross Barnett and Joe. P:-.tterson of Miss . All la.ave the c0ura.~e to f"itht for the aest interest o.f this nation. The t Cas:tro Bros. 1 and their numerous YES MEN should e sent to the Con~ where they belon~ ;md not be allowed to make a CUBA of Ailerica as they are doin~. Oh how I loiJ!the and despise those who would rui this ~reat nation. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Meneks Corner S.C. July 31.'63. RTE 3. Mayor Ivan Alben Jr. Atlanta Ga. Dear Sir. Newspaper account of your testimony in regards the ‘Castro Brothers’ lop-wided G6ivil Rights Bill I read with disgust and loathing. in their power mad eagerness to win for themselves the votes of a class of people who are ill fitted and morally and mentally unfit te vote, the ‘Castro Brethers:* arrogantly, contemptuously and otherwise utterly disregard the Civil Rights: of decent and respectable Whites throughout the nations Whites who should have the right to choose their associates and: their children's associates. God made Whites and God made colored. In his infinite wisdom he did not mix them. Today,unprincipled Whites have the effrontery to mix the races as though the Almighty Dod had made a mistake. Oh how I loatk amd despise such. Between 80 and 85 percent of the negro race are morally, mentally, and other- wise unfit to have the privklege of voting. They breed like cats and dogs and are easily led and influenced te vote in ble blocs: regardless of the harm or benefit to their state or nation. Unprincipled politiciams whe do not hesitate to stoop to anything know this. ind because of this knowledge they woo the negro vote with a Civil Rights Bill: feoling the negroes by preaching what they do not practice. How illuminating, how very illuminating it would be to publicize the follow- ing:- How many of the Kennedy children: children end grandchildren of Supreme Court justices: of lesser Justices attend schoold attended by negro children. How many of such children are taught by negro teachers? How many of such children attend churches where negroes and Whites sit to- gether?How many of the above named class go to negro doctors for medical advice? How many of the above named class have negroes living in homes adjacent to their homes, or even-in close proximity? How many of the above named class would welcome or encourage their child- ren to marry into the negro race, or vice-versa? dust why are there no negroes among Kennedy's personal bodyguards? Just why were no negroes included in Kennedy's recent trip abroad? Other things coulé be ascertained and if the truth were known- HYPOCRISY of the worst kind would be uncovered amongst those bent on cramming willy-nilly down the throats of respectable whites the nefarious ‘Castro Bres,' Bill. If the negro race only realized it, the respectable White Southerner is a far better and more worthwhile friend than the unprincipled politicians in Wash- ton and elsewhere. I know megroes for whom I have a lot more respect than I have for the ‘Castro Bus.'and the other political hypocrites who fool the negro race. IT IS PATHETIC, DISGUSTING, and NHUSEATING in the extreme to know and read about the loud-mouthed Whites who are traitors to their race and their nation by supinely being YES MEN for the ‘Castro Bros.' in endorsing the contemptible CRB. On the other hand, this nation should be more than proud of men like Strom Thurmond and Donald Russell of S.C.: Geo. Wallace of Ala.,: and Ross Barnett and Joe Patterson of Miss. All have the courage to fight for the best interest of this nation. The ‘Castro Bres.' and their numerous YES MEN should be sent to the Congo where they belong and not be allowed to make a CUBA of America as they are doing. Ch how I loathe and despise those who would ruin this great nation. LC. 3D pK  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 20 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/fe4e76826590900ea227acb5ad41dccd.pdf 7637e1f25970534e5a91e9c88b728f46 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. WILLIAM L. GUYTON 39 INTERLOCHEN DRIVE, N, E . ATLANTA 5, GEORGIA 143.215.248.55 ~ / A- . ~A- ::t,(_µa./ ~ ~ et.u~ . ~ ,w'••~-cc__ e-w.,_:,,Z.C,C ~ -dL, ~ ~ a.u..._~ � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document WILLIAM L. GUYTON INTERLOCHEN DRIVE. N. E. ATLANTA 5, GEORGIA Chas qusre Zz. SIES  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 19 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/fa8bf642282e6165d3b3a07f551452e4.pdf 9cfa7c1d24e1decb81ddc20684026f0c Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. a tl an t &, Ga . Au g . 3, 1 9 63 11ir. Ivan Allen ayo r f Atl anta Atl n ta , G . De r ·ir. Allen: I be liev e t e City ii 11 1 s e x e cmtiv e off i c e is h i h enou t!::h t yd n't you a o t e city of Atl nt a f avor and ju • Sin cerely, d~~ do t e job. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Atlanta,Ga. AN 8-5,19635 iir.tIvan Allen Mayer ef Atlanta Atlanta,Ga. Dear Mr.Allen: I believe the City #all's exeettive effice is high enough te de the jeb. Why doen't yeu do the city eof Atlente a faver and jump. Sincerely, PEMA  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 18 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/4bb159c0a851b40383bc32022789be5a.pdf b9cf551424b740902859117491f6e548 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Apartment 5 1643 Briarc l iff Road N.E. Atlanta 6, Georgia July 29 , 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen Atlanta City Hall 68 Mitchell Street S. W. Atlanta 3, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: I am writing to commend you f or your forthright and c ourage ous stand on the President's civil rights legis l ati on. At long l ast, moderate white Southerners have found a spokes man who is willing t o ris k being unpopular with some in order that he may follow the dictates of his c onscience. There is n o d oubt in my mind that y ou will be condemned by s om e peo ple f or the stand y ou have tak en. But at the same ti me, I want you t o kn ow that there are some of us who are terribly proud that it was the Mayor of Atlanta who ventured t o stick h i s neck out f or the cause of racial j ust i ce . You have d one thi s city and t hi s c ountry a great servi ce, and I for one wi ll long remember you f or it. tru ly, Dan ie l Me rmin � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Apartment 5 1643 Briarcliff Road N.E. Atlanta 6, Georgia July 29, 1963 Mayor Ivan Allen Atlanta City Hall 68 Mitchell Street S.W. Atlanta 3, Georgia Dear Mayor Allen: I am writing to commend you for your forthright and courageous stand on the President's civil rights legislation. At long last, moderate white Southerners have found a spokesman who is willing to risk being unpopular with some in order that he may follow the dictates of his conscience. There is no doubt in my mind that you will be condemned by some people for the stand you have taken. But at the same time, I want you to know that there are some of us who are terribly proud that it was the Mayor of Atlanta who ventured to stick his neck out for the cause of racial justice. You have done this city and this country a great service, and I for one will long remember you for it. D>, truly, D) nah Urge n Daniel Mermin  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 20, Folder 2, Document 17 Box 20 Box 20 Folder 2 Folder topic: Letters expressing dislike for Ivan Allen's stand on the public accommodations bill | 1963