Box 17, Folder 1, Document 39

Box 17, Folder 1, Document 39

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TELEGRAM
To:

Mr. A. T. Walden and Q. V. Williamson
Co-chairman, Atlanta Negro Voters League

Mr. J. T. Bickers, President, Empire REal Estate Board
Mr. DuPree Jordan, President, Weét End Businessmen's Assn.

Mr, Virgil Copeland, President, South West Civic Association

At the request of Mr. Virgil Copeland, President, Southwest Civic
Association, Iam asking that you appoint a committee of three people

inex from your body to meet jointly with the Southwest Civic Association

The Atlanta Negro Voters League,, the West End Businessmen's Association
and the Empire Real Estate Board, to make a citizens study of the

problems in the area south of Gordon Road and in the Peyton Forest

ikt@x Utoy area, Your recommendations, satisfactory to all of you, would

be of great help in maintaining Atlanta's very fine reputation.

Ivan Allen, Jr.

Mayor of Atlanta

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