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Box 18, Folder 11, Document 62
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crcene htlanta Real listale Board — or.ccvon
c. D. LEBEY, JR.. PRESIDENT HENRY C. BALDWIN
MARION BLACKWELL, JR. Vice PRESIDENT i) AN ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS [)) FRANK CARTER
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J. MARION CRAIN, Vice PRESIDENT THOMAS V, CAUBLE
NOEL C. TURNER, VICE PRESIDENT ROY A. DORSEY
J. ADAIR MCCORD, TREASURER HEALEY BUILDING GEORGE A. EWING
A. H. STURGESS, JR. SECRETARY EMERSON HOLLEMAN
MRS, TOMMIE JACKSON, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Cob BEBE santé
Atlanta 3; Georgii Crane & omen
ae) gra) FRANK C. OWENS, Jr.
JAMES L. STARNES
STEWART WIGHT
February 6, 1967 WARD WIGHT
Hon. Ivan Allen, Mayor
City of Atlanta
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Ivan:
I bring to your attention an article in the Sunday Atlanta Journal-Constitution
about the rent strike against the Public Housing Project in St. Louis because
of the deplorable condition the property is in. The article related that the
project was 12 years old and the elevators are out of order, there is garbage
in the hallway and extreme valdalism, most of which is done by children who
live in the project and who are from fatherless families. There was also re-
ported cans, bottles and garbage in the yards. The article reported further
that these people propose to continue this "rent strike'' until this deplorable
condition is corrected by the City of St. Louis by providing more police pro-
tection and better janitorial service. It seems to me that some of these problems
could be solved by better housekeeping on the part of the tenants instead of ex-
pecting the governmental authority to look after them.
I have just written a letter to Rodney Cook relating to possible legislation
against tenants of willful destruction to property. It seems to me that now
is the time to require the tenants to show responsibility and appreciation for
their own property as well as the property of others. We will be happy to
do anything we can to help this type cf legislation through the proper chanels.
Kind regards, and I look forward to hearing you speak to our Board on
the 15th.
Cordially,
ohn B,. Chapman, Chairman
T ATION AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
JBC tj
c. D. LEBEY, JR.. PRESIDENT HENRY C. BALDWIN
MARION BLACKWELL, JR. Vice PRESIDENT i) AN ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS [)) FRANK CARTER
a ine iz
J. MARION CRAIN, Vice PRESIDENT THOMAS V, CAUBLE
NOEL C. TURNER, VICE PRESIDENT ROY A. DORSEY
J. ADAIR MCCORD, TREASURER HEALEY BUILDING GEORGE A. EWING
A. H. STURGESS, JR. SECRETARY EMERSON HOLLEMAN
MRS, TOMMIE JACKSON, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Cob BEBE santé
Atlanta 3; Georgii Crane & omen
ae) gra) FRANK C. OWENS, Jr.
JAMES L. STARNES
STEWART WIGHT
February 6, 1967 WARD WIGHT
Hon. Ivan Allen, Mayor
City of Atlanta
City Hall
Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Ivan:
I bring to your attention an article in the Sunday Atlanta Journal-Constitution
about the rent strike against the Public Housing Project in St. Louis because
of the deplorable condition the property is in. The article related that the
project was 12 years old and the elevators are out of order, there is garbage
in the hallway and extreme valdalism, most of which is done by children who
live in the project and who are from fatherless families. There was also re-
ported cans, bottles and garbage in the yards. The article reported further
that these people propose to continue this "rent strike'' until this deplorable
condition is corrected by the City of St. Louis by providing more police pro-
tection and better janitorial service. It seems to me that some of these problems
could be solved by better housekeeping on the part of the tenants instead of ex-
pecting the governmental authority to look after them.
I have just written a letter to Rodney Cook relating to possible legislation
against tenants of willful destruction to property. It seems to me that now
is the time to require the tenants to show responsibility and appreciation for
their own property as well as the property of others. We will be happy to
do anything we can to help this type cf legislation through the proper chanels.
Kind regards, and I look forward to hearing you speak to our Board on
the 15th.
Cordially,
ohn B,. Chapman, Chairman
T ATION AND LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
JBC tj
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