Box 17, Folder 13, Document 34

Box 17, Folder 13, Document 34

MCALLISTER MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
900 NORTH ALLEGHANY AVENUE AND EAST CEDAR STREET
COVINGTON, VIRGINIA

MINISTER: TELEPHONES:

JEROLD D. SHETLER CHURCH OFFICE AND MINISTER'S STUDY:
962-2675
MANSE:
1433 SOUTH CARPENTER DRIVE MANSE: 962-1495

July 10, 1963

The Mayor
Atlanta, Georgia

Dear Sir:

As you know, racial demonstrations have been taking place
for some weeks in the town of Danville, Virginia, about one
hundred miles from our town of Covington. We here in Covington
are seeking ways to avoid the confusion and turmoil which other
towns have known by acting in advance of the difficulty to
establish cordial relationships between the races, relationships
in which differences can be ironed out around the conference table
rather than in the midst of mobs.

We look to your city as a pioneer among those who did not
wait for the trouble to start before doing something about it.
The purpose of ny letter is to ask you to send any information
which is available concerning the advanced planning which was
carried on in your city. If you can send me written information,
or direct me to nationally circulated magazines where such
information can be found, I will greatly appreciate your service.

Thank you for your attention.

Yours truly,

G W. Chita.

James 0, Chatham

: assistant minister
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