Box 13, Folder 21, Document 43

Box 13, Folder 21, Document 43

DR. ALBERT M. DAVIS MRS. EUNICE COOPER DR. C. MILES SMITH
PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER

ATLANTA BRANCH
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

859-1/2 HUNTER STREET, N. W. SUITE 105 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30314 524-8054

March 17, 1967

The Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr.
Mayor, City of Atlanta

City Hall

Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Mayor Allen:

I would like to take this opportunity to
express our appreciation for. your positive reaction to the
resolutions of the NAACP Housing Conference. We are in
the process of implementing these resolutions as it relates
to the various departments of our city government.

We have noted since you have been mayor that
your appointments from the negro community to committees
and commissions have been catagorized by a certain posture
of individuals. The Executive Committee of the NAACP direct-
ed me to express their serious concern over this progressively
growing pattern. We acknowledge that this is your privilege,
but we would also indicate for your information that many
appointments of personalities that do not relate or, in many
instances, are unacceptable to the populace. The membership
of the Housing Resources Committee is an excellent example
of the problem that creates our concern. By far, the majority
of these men, though intellectuals, are either not active in
the community or know little about the total problem of housing.

The NAACP requests that you seriously consider
our valid expression in this situation and in the future
select individuals who honestly represent the people of our
progressive city.

I personally would like to express the apprec-

iation of our organization to you for your unselfish interest
and actions on the problems relative to this community.

Sincerely yours,

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An) Aare, MP

A. M. Davis, MD
President