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WESLEY FOUNDATION tense Stat Cte
189 FOURTH ST., N.W. TR. 2-7642 AT GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
ATLANTA 13, GEORGIA
March 11, 1963
The Honorable Ivan Allen, Mayor
City of Atlanta
City Hall
Atlanta 3, Georgia
Dear Mayor Allen;
I am writing to commend you for your forthright leadership at
the aldermanic board meeting on Monday, March 4 conerning the reso-
lutions of alderman Farris. I feel it is necessary that definite
action be taken in the area of Negro-White relations and it appears
to me the five resolutions should help to establish better communi-
cation between the races and enable difficult problems to be
resolved,
I am particularly glad to see your immediate response to Judge
Whitmar's ruling by removing the barricades on Peyton and Harlan roads.
I felt they were harmful to the general feeling of persons immediately
involved and not in the best interests of Atlanta as a whole.
I would strongly endorse the study to be made by the City Planning
department in the hope that additional land may be made available for
housing within the City. If the statistics I have seen are correct,
they show a proportionately small land area available for Negroes,
and I would encourage the Addermanic Board to make more housing land
open for Negro building.
Finally, it has come to my attention that there is some concern
as to whether or not the City will open its swimming pools this summer,
especially if they are not segregated. Let me strongly urge you to
keep the pools open to all who would desire to use them. I have been
proud to see Atlanta handle the schools, colleges, movies, and lunch
counters as the racial bars have fallen; and I think we could also
handle any situation which might arise at the pools. Caution and
planning would be essential to carrying this out, but I am confident
that the people of Atlanta would accept with understanding your lea-
dership at this point.
My wife joins me in expressing the sentiment of this letter.
Sincerely,
fon G, Dormdd
Lon B. Chesnutt, Associate Director
cc: Mr. Sam Massell, Jr. Wesley Foundation at Georgia Tech
Mr. Milton G, Farris
189 FOURTH ST., N.W. TR. 2-7642 AT GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
ATLANTA 13, GEORGIA
March 11, 1963
The Honorable Ivan Allen, Mayor
City of Atlanta
City Hall
Atlanta 3, Georgia
Dear Mayor Allen;
I am writing to commend you for your forthright leadership at
the aldermanic board meeting on Monday, March 4 conerning the reso-
lutions of alderman Farris. I feel it is necessary that definite
action be taken in the area of Negro-White relations and it appears
to me the five resolutions should help to establish better communi-
cation between the races and enable difficult problems to be
resolved,
I am particularly glad to see your immediate response to Judge
Whitmar's ruling by removing the barricades on Peyton and Harlan roads.
I felt they were harmful to the general feeling of persons immediately
involved and not in the best interests of Atlanta as a whole.
I would strongly endorse the study to be made by the City Planning
department in the hope that additional land may be made available for
housing within the City. If the statistics I have seen are correct,
they show a proportionately small land area available for Negroes,
and I would encourage the Addermanic Board to make more housing land
open for Negro building.
Finally, it has come to my attention that there is some concern
as to whether or not the City will open its swimming pools this summer,
especially if they are not segregated. Let me strongly urge you to
keep the pools open to all who would desire to use them. I have been
proud to see Atlanta handle the schools, colleges, movies, and lunch
counters as the racial bars have fallen; and I think we could also
handle any situation which might arise at the pools. Caution and
planning would be essential to carrying this out, but I am confident
that the people of Atlanta would accept with understanding your lea-
dership at this point.
My wife joins me in expressing the sentiment of this letter.
Sincerely,
fon G, Dormdd
Lon B. Chesnutt, Associate Director
cc: Mr. Sam Massell, Jr. Wesley Foundation at Georgia Tech
Mr. Milton G, Farris
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